From: Brad Bradfield QLF
Subj: DF BEARINGS, FLIGHT LINES, ETC, ETC, ETC, ETC, - - - - - -
Y'all wrote:
>Ya know joe, I've got a box full of DF Bearings that
>I got when we took down a radar site in Maine... maybe
>I could use them to rotate my MMA Vertical to change
>the pattern... hmmm
>If it works out OK, I probably have enough to go around
>too! Keep you posted.
>Tim W5FN
>>BTW, Tim's mention of the AFB just reminded me. Back
>>when I was in the military, I had access to surplus
>>military flight line. This is the *best* wire I've
>>ever used. If you know anyone who can get some, get
>>a few hundred feet. Don't know why you can't get it
>>commercially. Real shame.
>>Cheers de AB7TT,
>>-Joe Gervais-Poisson, vole@primenet.com, AZ ScQRPions (Phoenix)
>>"It was the monkeys! The monkeys did it!"
You guys are all nuts. All of us Sailors (It is properly capitalized, you
know.) know that shore line is the best stuff around! Refuses to corrode,
stretch, or otherwise degrade when used in antennas. Radiation efficiency near
133%.
(Now Boot, if you miss that mail bouy. the Captain's going to be mighty
unhappy!)
(Sea bats! We caught a sea bat!)
Oh, well.
72's es 73's,
Brad, WB0CGH (Retired Navy Chief)
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Brad Bradfield, PE Electrical Design Engineer
(H) 817-321-2960 Texas Instruments, Inc.
(W) 972-462-6230 (Soon to be: Raytheon/TI Systems)
Real men talk with their fingers!
QLF@MSG.TI.COM
WB0CGH@WO5H.#DFW.TX.USA.NA
ARRL Life Member QRP-L #377 SMIRK #4906 IEEE(M) ARS #72
Collector of wireless and landline Morse keys and accessories.
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