[CQ-Contest] Y O U be the "NCJ Profiles" columnist !

[K7bv at aol.com]

Friends,
Ward N0AX who has been doing the NCJ Profiles column for several years has 
asked to be retired...a wish I will sadly fulfill.  Since I do not have 
anyone in particular in mind to fall in behind Ward, I would like to try 
something different.

I am going to ask that each of you consider writing a "profile" of a fellow 
USA or DX contester you would like to see get some face time in the National 
Contest Journal.  Ward has shown us that one good way to start off is to get 
the featured contester to write a biography of his ham radio history and 
provide one or two good quality photos to go in the magazine. Frequently the 
individual will share special moments and philosophical thoughts as well.

I think that we can grow on this foundation by having these profiles done by 
people who know the selected individual personally -- possibly for a long 
time.  In that case, the profiler might be able to add some additional 
"color" to the story as well....

I will accept profile work ups starting immediately.  Please contact me at 
k7bv at aol.com if you would like to take part in this open opportunity to let 
the world know more about a contester of your choosing.

73 Dennis Motschenbacher K7BV
DXpedition Site - http://www.qth.com/k7bv
Editor - National Contest Journal
http://www.ncjweb.com/


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>From Leigh S. Jones" <kr6x at kr6x.com  Fri Aug 10 21:03:04 2001
From: Leigh S. Jones" <kr6x at kr6x.com (Leigh S. Jones)
Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 13:03:04 -0700
Subject: [CQ-Contest] TS940S trouble
References: <20010809.190859.-405183.1.k6xx at juno.com> <Pine.GSO.4.10.10108100018440.3253-100000 at bluestem.prairienet.org> <3u28ntkkqd8r68sbjka2sjrqhkmlnvna8s at 4ax.com>
Message-ID: <017001c121d7$77f47800$ede3c23f at kr6x.org>


Also, sometimes a coating is applied to keep moisture away from the
components.  Sometimes this will be a thick varnish-like coating
called conformal coating, and sometimes it will be something more like
a dip into a parafin bath.  I think I remember the parafin-like
coating in my TS940SAT's.  When the board is touched with a soldering
iron, this coating melts inot something not so very different from
soldering flux.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Turner" <w7ti at dslextreme.com>
To: <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, August 10, 2001 11:34 AM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] TS940S trouble


>
> On Fri, 10 Aug 2001 00:28:43 -0500 (CDT), Zack Widup wrote:
>
> >The PLL board was covered with an adhesive cement to keep
> >the components from falling off the board.  Why they do this I
don't know;
> >I've never had any components I've soldered correctly fall off a
homebrew
> >board!
>
> _________________________________________________________
>
> Most likely the adhesive is there to keep the components in place
during
> machine soldering.  We often did this in the avionics manufacturing
> industry, although it was normally done to individual parts as
needed,
> not to the entire board.
>
> Bill, W7TI
>
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