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In a message dated 96-04-24 11:48:10 EDT, you write:

> I think you said there 
>exists a "topband" reflector.  I only know of the contest, dx, and yaesu 
>reflectors.  Are there any other reflectors you find of interest, and if 
>so could you give me their subscription addresses?  Perhaps I would find 
>them useful as well.

Hi, Dave --

     I had to do my due diligence to find them - hi!  Credit goes to Jim,
K1ZX, for the list.

TenTec                     tentec-request at akorn.net

CT                            ct-user-request at ve7tcp.ampr.org

NA                           na-user-request at ve7tcp.ampr.org

TR                            n6trlog-request at cmicro.com

160 meter                  topband-request at frontier.net

DX                            dx-request at ve7tcp.ampr.org

   Anyone else have any reflectors of interest?

73,   Steve   K7LXC

>From Spike Lazar <slazar19 at sgi.net>  Thu Apr 25 23:55:28 1996
From: Spike Lazar <slazar19 at sgi.net> (Spike Lazar)
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 1996 18:55:28 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Garbage on the reflector
Message-ID: <199604252255.SAA02256 at orion.bv.sgi.net>

>W5HUQ At 05:09 PM 4/25/96 -0400, you wrote:
>
>I have watched with amazement the amount of garbage messages that
>are put on this reflector. This trash going on now doesnt even bring
>a snicker. So come on all you reflector Cops now is your chance.
>John W5HUQ


            Give this guy a Jeffrey Dahmer cookbook!


Sincerly yours,
dr. Bafoofnik

p.s., for a clean sweep, bury a VY1JA card, It really does works!


>From Michael Tope <mtope at iu.net>  Fri Apr 26 01:42:39 1996
From: Michael Tope <mtope at iu.net> (Michael Tope)
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 1996 20:42:39 -0400
Subject: Ground Rods Made Easy
Message-ID: <199604260042.UAA09175 at bb.iu.net>

Just in case all you folks out there in the enlightened masses haven't
figured this out yet, I'll share this bit of ground rod wisdom with you.
This technique was suggested to me by a colleague of mine - Haskell Walker
KJ4ZZ - and is very effective on the sandy soils found here in Florida.

To use it, get yourself a 1/2" dia compression fitting to garden hose
fitting adapter. Use this piece to connect your garden hose to one end of a
1/2" piece of copper tubing of the desired length (8' in my case). Then just
turn on the water and watch with amazement as the ground rod literally falls
into the ground like a hot knife in soft butter. Actually, in my case I hit
hard pan (allegedly compressed sand) at about 4'. The first time this
happened, my dysfunctional self-defeating alter-ego took over, and assumed
the worst - solid rock. I abandoned the water drill and resorted to a
cro-magnon strategy - hit it hard with a big hammer. This got the desired
results, but wasted the better part of an otherwise good lunch hour. During
my second and third attempts at using this technique, I managed to keep ole
cro-magnon under control. I kept the water running and patiently worked the
rod up and down until I broke through the hard pan. This took the better
part of two or three minutes with the last three feet being smooth sailing.

In short, this seems to be a real quick and easy way to put in those nasty
ground rods, and sure beats the ole hit-it-with-a-hammer method by a
longshot. Although it works real good here in Florida, I am not sure how
this technique will work on other soil types. Haskell, a South Carolina
native, tells me that this method isn't real effective on the red clay back
home. As for other parts of the country, you'll have to try it and see for
yourself.

73 de Mike, AD4VH
   
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Phone: (407) 259-7494
Eail: mtope at iu.net
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