[Amps] Boat-Anchor Cleanliness

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Hal, I am absolutely in awe of a man having a wife that makes all that  
acceptable. It is a scenario that the rest of us can only fantasize about!
 
73,
Gerald K5GW
 
 
 
In a message dated 3/15/2006 2:43:21 P.M. Central Standard Time,  
ka1xo at juno.com writes:

Dear  Chris,

Actually, I have washed dusty, cruddy circuit boards
in the  sink many times. I always finish with an isopropanol
scrub and a hot  blow-dry. The alcohol mixes with the water
and evaporates without  residue.

Hotel room bathrooms and kitchenettes are best for  this
type of renovation. It avoids the inevitable discussion
and  punishment when She Who Must Be Obeyed finds
a single speck of PCBd.  splatter on a mirror or left
on the porcelain. Further, the hair dryer in  electronics
assembly service is best done when alone and  undisturbed.

In 37 years of traveling for business the development  of
ham radio projects has found a time and place without
the acrimony  and subsequent prostrations and begging
for forgiveness when things like  hot blobs of solder happen to 
land on a carpet.

(One would think  that such lofty pursuits of knowledge
would gain acceptance, but no.) A  good friend of mine
was contemplating getting back on HF when  SWMBO
discovered him in the yard with a coil of wire, looking for
a  tie-point. His e-mail to me, complete with the ensuing
scenario, told of  his need to travel for business.

I told him that for most of us, we  need to establish a 
secret room in the cellar that only the pooch and  we
know about, and to wear headphones because the female ear is
resonant  to heterodynes on 40 meters (Why do you think they
named them HETEROdynes?  - Duh!) One trace of a whistle
and they're on the warpath, because we're  not doing what's
on the Current List.

So again, travel has its ups  and downs. Ham Radio is mostly
tinkering and reading at this stage, so  getting all this out of the
way now smooths the relationship as it's out of  my blood
and I am properly comported for Domestic Responsibilities
and  Assignments Subject to Acceptance.

Hal
W4HBM
On Wed, 15 Mar 2006  15:22:42 -0500 sb200 <sb200 at optonline.net> writes:
> You should  have told him to use his 4000 psi power washer.  
>  Dishwasher.  Man 
> O man
> 
> Chris
> -----  Original Message ----- 
> From: "HAROLD B MANDEL"  <ka1xo at juno.com>
> To: <amps at contesting.com>
> Sent:  Wednesday, March 15, 2006 1:54 PM
> Subject: [Amps] Boat-Anchor  Cleanliness
> 
> 
> >
> > 1. Old xfmrs that are  not completely potted
> >    will be destroyed in the  dishwasher.
> >
> > 2. Even PWD's will be destroyed because  there
> >    is always one little pinhole in the  tar.
> >
> > 3. All meters will be destroyed.
>  >
> > 4. Probably all potentiometers will be
> >   destroyed.
> >
> > 5. Aluminum panels that are not  coated
> >    will tarnish and spot.
> >
>  > All chassis renovation needs disassembly
> > as far as is  humanly possible.  Most of my
> > amplifier anchors have gone  right down to
> > bare metal chassis with no hardware
> >  remaining.
> >
> > Once there, it's easy to bring the  entire
> > metalwork to the anodizer shop and have
> > a  strip job and a brandy-new layer of
> > Zinc-DiChromate  applied.
> >
> > On several occasions I needed to  add
> > and subtract holes. Only then did I
> > disassemble  everything all over again
> > and bring it to the platers.
>  >
> > For those who are not inclined, the
> > "hand-bay  carwash" is a good
> > alternative.  Afterward, use the
>  > hair dryer liberally.
> >
> > Hal
> >  W4HBM
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>  


Harold Mandel
Superintendent of Construction
Baran Telecom  Inc.
606 - 205 -  0172
hmandel at barantelecom.com
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