[TenTec] OT: Openwire/Window Line and Bad Wx

[Jeff Sumner]

On 8/1/2013 3:10 PM, Wade Staggs wrote:
> *For those who may have missed the humor. The SWR Spray was a Joke. We just
> never had the courage to tell the 6 foot 6 inch and 250 pound Charlie Baker
> Operator. Sure hope he does not read about it here and think it's not Funny?
> *
> *                                             Wade/KJ4WS*
>
> On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 11:51 AM, Richards <jrichards at k8jhr.com> wrote:
>
>> Wade... you need someone to blog about how effective that SWR Spray is,
>> just to give it greater credibility.  You know... if you read it on the
>> web, it must be true.  As it is probably not mentioned on Snopes.com or any
>> of the other urban legend busting sites, then it must be true, or there
>> would be a piece refuting it... right?
>>
>> Lemme know if I can help... I used to make up and sell all sorts of false
>> claims in a former life ... you know... "He is NOT Guilty, your
>> Honoriness..."   Er...um ... yeah, right.
>>
>> -----------------  K8JHR  ------------------
>>
>>
>>
>> On 8/1/2013 10:39 AM, Wade Staggs wrote:
>>
>>> I actually sold some SWR Spray to a Charlie Baker operator once. Back in
>>> the Dot Matrix Printer days. The printed label was quite convincing. This
>>> was a half can as a gift. The guy came back wanting to purchase a Full
>>> Can.
>>> This was actually Hair Spray relabeled... hi hi ........ I am now going to
>>> try the Antenna Wax thingy on a friend ..... Thanks for the cool idea...!!
>>>
>>> KJ4WS
>>>
>>> On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 9:31 AM, k6jek <k6jek at comcast.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>   Antenna Wax. It's a classic joke out here if not a very good one.
>>>> Polished
>>>> the antenna today with antenna wax. Maybe it wasn't a joke.
>>>>
>>>> Jon
>>>>
>>>> On Aug 1, 2013, at 6:39 AM, Rick - DJ0IP / NJ0IP wrote:
>>>>
>>>>   I'm not sure if you asked me or the group.
>>>>> I have no clue, and I guess there are several types.
>>>>>
>>>>> One thing I know for sure:  NOBODY coats their feedline with a wetting
>>>>>
>>>> agent
>>>>
>>>>> before it rains.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Another thing I know for sure:  how much difference 6dB makes in a
>>>>>
>>>> contest.
>>>>
>>>>> It's like running barefoot or with a linear.
>>>>>
>>>>> Running a linear means I work 90% of all the stations I call with just 1
>>>>>
>>>> or
>>>>
>>>>> 2 calls.
>>>>> Running barefoot means I get about 30% with just one call.
>>>>>
>>>>> So in a contest, 6dB means a lot more than 6dB measured in a lab.
>>>>> I guess it is due to the competition.
>>>>> On an un-crowded band, it would mean 1 S-Unit but in a contest it means
>>>>> a
>>>>> lot.
>>>>>
>>>>> My point:  I have run openwire (window line) countless times in contests
>>>>> where it rained and if I had been losing 6dB all the time, I would have
>>>>> noticed it in my score.  I did not.  I only noticed that I had to retune
>>>>>
>>>> the
>>>>
>>>>> matchbox.
>>>>>
>>>>> I always use manually tuned matchboxes.  If you have an auto-tuner, then
>>>>>
>>>> it
>>>>
>>>>> really doesn't matter much.
>>>>>
>>>>> 73
>>>>> Rick, DJ0IP
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces@**contesting.com<tentec-bounces at contesting.com>]
>>>>> On Behalf Of Carter
>>>>>
>>>>> Is the "wetting agent" conductive -- or at least more conductive than
>>>>>
>>>> rain
>>>>
>>>>> water?
>>>>>
>>>>>
Shoulda whipped out a vintage can of Bullshit Spray.
Then again, when I was in the Navy we sent new guys to the shop on Snipe 
hunts for "magnetic bearing grease," "gig line," "fallopian tube" (these 
were all young men at the time)', &c. If we were lucky the other shops 
would contribute and the various product would endlessly be in the "next 
shop."
Sadly, the only BT punch could be delivered by the only Boiler 
Technician in Guantanamo Bay on Pier Delta (in "Oil Pollution Control")- 
which was a bit out of the way for a joke.

But I digress.

Good times.
KC4FOX
(Former KG4AN)

J