[Amps] WD-40 is not....

[Alex Eban]

Well, it repels everything else too, including women!
Alex	4Z5KS 

-----Original Message-----
From: amps-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:amps-bounces at contesting.com] On
Behalf Of Mike
Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 6:58 PM
To: amps at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [Amps] WD-40 is not....

Seems to work very well as a mosquito repellent when applied to the skin
though.

Mike

-----Original Message-----
From: amps-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:amps-bounces at contesting.com] On
Behalf Of Fuqua, Bill L


There is a story being passed around from time to time about all the uses
for WD-40 claimed by the "NASA inventor". 
One claim is that it is safe as cooking oil spray because it is made of fish
oil.  No fish oil, mostly naphtha. It is not safe to ingest this product. 

73
Bill wa4lav


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From: amps-bounces at contesting.com [amps-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of
Charles Harpole [k4vud at hotmail.com]
Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 9:31 AM
To: amps at contesting.com
Subject: [Amps] WD-40 is not....

WD-40 is not a lubricant.  It was invented as a Water Displacement liquid.
It has some minor lubricating properties, but lacks both the staying power
of real oil and the more complete handling of friction that oil has.



WD-40 is thus an odd product that has, strangely, come to be used,
mistakenly, as an oil.  It is virtually useless (compared to oil) in normal
ham radio applications.  Strong advertising and the store's stocking of it
along with real oil may explain this factor.



There!

Charles Harpole k4vud at hotmail.com







> From: w8car at buckeye-express.com
> To: k9sd at ezl.com; amps at contesting.com
> Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2010 19:09:13 -0500
> Subject: Re: [Amps] Alpha 76
>
> Sam, When I first got my 76PA I had the same problem. The amp had been 
> sitting for several years as part of an estate. The light grease that 
> was used to lube the mechanical part of the switch had gummed up. 
> Someone suggested a light application of WD-40 to the mechanism. As I 
> remember I
had
> to do some disassembling of the front panel to get at the switches. 
> That
and
> some working of the switches fixed it-has worked now for 15 years.
>
> Dan W8CAR
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "k9sd" <k9sd at ezl.com>
> To: <amps at contesting.com>
> Sent: Sunday, February 28, 2010 2:01 PM
> Subject: [Amps] Alpha 76
>
>
> >I have an Alpha 76 ...with two tubes and it's the early version of 
> >the 76 which has only one meter on the front..
> >
> >
> > The push buttons on the front which switch the meter functions won't 
> > engage..that is to say when you push in a button it won't stay 
> > pushed in?? the buttons are out all the time...I have tried pushing 
> > all combinations of buttons to see if that would help...it didn't
> >
> > I am guessing it's a mechanical problem ???
> >
> >
> > Any comments are welcome...
> >
> >
> > Thanks for reading this
> >
> >
> > 73/Sam K9SD
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