[NCC] August 30 Meeting

[Hal Offutt]

Hi Jeff,

Thanks for your recent advice about mothballs.  I have heard this before and 
I have also read someplace that this does not work.  I guess I should try 
it.  I live on a half-wooded 8-acre lot and I have a big detached garage 
that is not sealed well.  I am planning to try to seal the garage better 
this summer, which might help.

If you decide to go ahead with the August 30 get-together at your place, 
please let me know with details and I will post the information on the NCC 
website.

Happy Fourth!

73, Hal W1NN
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeffrey Ach" <w2fu at frontiernet.net>
To: "'North Coast Contesters'" <ncc at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2014 8:54 PM
Subject: Re: [NCC] Time for a New Car


> Hal,
>
> Mothballs do the trick.  Cover the car, use coffee cans with mothballs in
> them, under the cover in a couple of locations.
>
> Jeff
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NCC [mailto:ncc-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Hal Offutt
> Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2014 9:14 AM
> To: Mad River Radio Club; North Coast Contesters
> Subject: [NCC] Time for a New Car
>
> I'm in the market for a new car.  My 96 Acura has been very reliable and
> gives good mileage but, among other things, the mice have eaten through 
> the
> nearly inaccessable wiring harness and a bunch of chewed up wires are
> dangling loose behind the engine.  It's amazing that the thing has been
> running at all.
>
> I'd like to buy a car that I could use for mobiling in the OHQP, the MIQP,
> maybe the NYQP, etc.  If anyone has any suggestions for cars that produce
> little noise, or, on the other hand, any information about cars that 
> should
> be avoided because they produce a lot of noise, such info would be
> appreciated.
>
> And if anyone knows how to keep mice out of cars, I'm all ears.  I often
> park my car in the garage for 3-4 months at a time and the local mice just
> love it.  My neighbor said Ivory soap placed in the engine compartment 
> keeps
> mice away from a classic car that he stores, but I tried it and the soap
> just disappeared.
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> 73, Hal W1NN
>
>
>
>
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