Topband: Gold Plated AC Outlets Accelerate W3UR's Quest for TB DXCC-300

[alan eshleman]

April Fools Day was in April...

73,

Alan/K6SRZ

p.s.  I was able to work H44MY using a Home Depot $1.19 outlet, but, of course, I have the fabled West Coast advantage.

--- On Mon, 11/2/09, donovanf at starpower.net <donovanf at starpower.net> wrote:

> From: donovanf at starpower.net <donovanf at starpower.net>
> Subject: Topband: Gold Plated AC Outlets Accelerate W3UR's Quest for TB DXCC-300
> To: topband at contesting.com
> Cc: bernie at dailydx.com
> Date: Monday, November 2, 2009, 4:43 AM
> My neighbor W3UR secretly installed
> several of these in his shack a few months ago.  He
> worked H44MY last month but I could't even hear him, and
> Bernie and I share the same antennas!  
> 
> http://www.parts-express.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?Partnumber=110-439&vReviewShow=
> 
> See Bernie's testimony below. Can anyone answer Bernie's
> question about a source for gold plated 220 volt outlets?
> 
> 73
> Frank
> W3LPL
> 
> ---- Original message ----
> >Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2009 07:26:20 -0500
> >From: "Bernie McClenny, W3UR" <bernie at dailydx.com> 
> 
> >Subject: RE: Gold Plated AC Outlet helps with the DXCC
> Challenge  
> >To: <donovanf at starpower.net>
> >
> >Yes but I need one for 220 for my amp - I already have
> a handful of 110's.
> 
> >Bernie McClenny, W3UR 
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