Hilarious response to a thread gone lame.
I'd heard all Canadian were fabulously wealthy, especially the hams :-)!
Thanks Julio.
73,
Steve
W1SRD
On 7/16/2024 4:09 PM, VE3FH via TowerTalk wrote:
Thanks Jim, I can certainly relate to that. I was first licensed as CX9CT in
1974, back then we had to reuse them not just because they were expensive but
also rather hard to find.
I don't recall reusing any since becoming a wealthy Canadian though
73,Julio VE3FH
On Tuesday, July 16, 2024 at 05:09:38 p.m. EDT, Jim W7RY
<jimw7ry@gmail.com> wrote:
Because we had to.
Apparently you never grew up poor, or had a paper route or mowed lawns to buy
your ham equipment.
I'm sorry you never had to experience this. It makes one more wise about money.
73, Jim W7RY
On 7/16/2024 4:05 PM, charlie@thegallos.com wrote:
As someone else said about all this,*WHY? * Even at the worst, most
expensive, they are $11.50. The minimum wage is $7.25, so what, 90 minutes
of work. I net you spend more in time and electricity to recycle the
connector.
This reminds me about the joke about how copper wire was invented, two hams
fighting over a penny
-----Original Message-----
From: TowerTalk<towertalk-bounces@contesting.com> On Behalf Of Arthur
Bernstein via TowerTalk
Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2024 4:53 PM
To:towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: [TowerTalk] Recycling old PL-259 connectors.
This may sound caveman style, but I used to just cut of the connector with a
little bit of coax remaining. I'd unsolder the center pin and shake it out
then suspend the connector over a gas stove burner then with a pair of
pliers pull out the coax stub. If necessary clean out any melted
dielectric., heat again and shake out any remaining solder. Been doing this
for 60 years.ArtN2KA
Arthur Bernstein
n2ka@verizon.net
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