[CQ-Contest] Re: [Antennas] Re: [TowerTalk] old books

[Mike - W0TMW]

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 at utkux.utcc.utk.edu>
> To: Bruce Makas <k1my at nlis.net>
> Cc: antennas at qth.net <antennas at qth.net>; CQ-CONTEST at contesting.com
> <CQ-CONTEST at contesting.com>; dx at ve7tcp.ampr.org <dx at ve7tcp.ampr.org>;
> towertalk at contesting.com <towertalk at contesting.com>; yccc at contesting.com
> <yccc at 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
> 
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> Submissions: antennas at 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 at sky.net
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