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K2DP k2dp at charter.net
Fri Jan 14 19:14:47 PST 2011


HI Dave,

How ya doin ' and HNY to you. Haven't heard you on in a while. Hope all 
is ok with you and the family. Still working for Boeing here. Am down in 
Atlanta visiting family for the week.

73,
Dave, K2DP


On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 2:45 PM, Dave Heil wrote:

> It is indeed polystyrene by both B&W and Airdux.  Back back in the 
> days when electronic distributors had outside salesman, I worked for 
> Hughes-Peters in Cincinnati.  We sold both lines.
>
> Dave Heil K8MN
>
> On 1/14/2011 19 55, Dr. Gerald N. Johnson wrote:
>> I don't recall significant differences between Airdux and B&W other 
>> than
>> the color of the box. I still have some of both. And they were made 
>> by
>> melting a hot wire into the plastic, most likely NOT nylon, delrin, 
>> or
>> polycarbonate (Lexan) more likely polystyrene because of its better 
>> RF
>> characteristics at the cost of temperature sensitivity. I'm sure I 
>> have
>> catalogs for each.
>>
>> 73, Jerry, K0CQ
>>
>> On 1/14/2011 1:00 PM, Neal Laugman wrote:
>>> Airdux is the stouter of the two - but still plastic - maybe a nylon 
>>> or
>>> delrin, but not polycarbonate like miniductor.
>
>
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