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[Antennas] Re: [TowerTalk] old books

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Subject: [Antennas] Re: [TowerTalk] old books
From: CookTA@corning.com (Cook, Thomas A)
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 1997 09:53:45 -0500
Let history be rewritten!!  Insanity, but true.  Sad.  Tom - WA2BPE

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> From:         Mike - W0TMW[SMTP:crucis@sky.net]
> Sent:         Friday, December 12, 1997 11:10 AM
> To:   Dale L. Martin
> Cc:   Bruce Makas; antennas@qth.net; CQ-CONTEST@contesting.com;
> dx@ve7tcp.ampr.org; towertalk@contesting.com; yccc@contesting.com
> Subject:      Re: [Antennas] Re: [TowerTalk] old books
> 
> Most libraries receive state/federal grants that specifies how
> long/old a book
> can be for purchasing.  Our local library trashes anything over 3
> years old! 
> If they're caught with old books, they can lose their grant money.
> 
> Mike - W0TMW
> 
> Dale L. Martin wrote:
> > 
> > Consider your local public or school libraries!!
> > 
> > 73,
> > Dale, KG5U
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: L. B. Cebik <cebik@utkux.utcc.utk.edu>
> > To: Bruce Makas <k1my@nlis.net>
> > Cc: antennas@qth.net <antennas@qth.net>; CQ-CONTEST@contesting.com
> > <CQ-CONTEST@contesting.com>; dx@ve7tcp.ampr.org
> <dx@ve7tcp.ampr.org>;
> > towertalk@contesting.com <towertalk@contesting.com>;
> yccc@contesting.com
> > <yccc@contesting.com>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
> > Date: Wednesday, December 10, 1997 20:17 PM
> > Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] old books
> > 
> > >> This is no big deal for me as I was going to throw them out
> anyhow
> > >
> > >Please!  to all who have old books, never (NEVER, please) throw
> them out
> > >without trying to find a new home for them.  This is not a plea
> from a
> > >collector who places them on a shelf to show them off, but from
> someone
> > >who regularly reads them and learns from them--both stuff that
> shows how
> > >we have progressed and stuff that shows what we have forgotten
> along the
> > >way--along with how old some of our new ideas really are.  For
> example, I
> > >have mid-1920s material on radio control vehicles and on SSB.  I
> cannot
> > >afford to buy every volume that appears on these lists myself, but
> please
> > >be patient--someone will find a good use for that old book.  List
> them as
> > >many times as it takes to find someone willing to buy/pay for
> shipping in
> > >advance.
> > >
> > >Did I remember to say "please"?
> > >
> > >-73-
> > >
> > >LB, W4RNL
> > 
> > ------
> > Submissions: antennas@qth.net
> 
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> =
> Mike Watson, W0TMW           QCWA Mbr# 28651, Mid-Continent Chapter
> #35   
> Raymore, Missouri, USA       Grid: EM28st
> http://www.sky.net/~crucis   E-mail: crucis@sky.net
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> Submissions: antennas@qth.net
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