[TenTec] OT

[John]

Well there ya go !   I quit about 6 years ago when I was smoking you 
couldn't tell me any different ..  John kb2huk
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <ve3vg at sympatico.ca>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 12:19 AM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] OT


> Hey John...
> thanx for the tip... a variation on the old "dryer sheets in the green 
> garbage bag trick"
> I traded a very nice IC735 to a person here in Ontario... he shot an email 
> back (just missed me) complaining VERY unkindly about the smell of 
> smoke... had I tried the dryer sheets, this would not have happened... my 
> mistake... works like a charm... I also use rubbing alcohol swabs to 
> nicely clean up the outside of the rig... also works great...
> Incidently, he sent me an IC703 that wouldnt transmit...
> 73
> Dennis - VE3VG
>
>>
>> From: "John" <brazos at rochester.rr.com>
>> Date: 2008/03/03 Mon PM 03:09:10 EST
>> To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
>> Subject: [TenTec] OT
>>
>> Here is a little tip we just learned. My son kc2iyg just bought a laptop 
>> computer used.  The computer was a good deal but it stunk to high heaven 
>> from tobacco smoke .  We took a chance , he first wiped the surface of 
>> the notebook down with a antibacterial wipe and then he dug out a small 
>> Ionizer .  He placed the Ionizer next to the notebook and covered both 
>> with a plastic tucker tote ( a med sized trash can of sorts ) and let it 
>> do it's thing for 4 hours .  Well he pulled the notebook out and to our 
>> surprise the smoke smell was almost completely gone !  I thought this 
>> might work with some radios we some times  pick up for a song and the 
>> previous owner was a smoker .  All the Best de   Kb2huk  and  kc2iyg 
>> John and Mike
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