[TowerTalk] Q Street Articles .. ??

[Mark]

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From: "Mark" <aa6dx at arrl.net>
To: <jacobsen_5 at msn.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2006 6:55 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] 2006 Top Ten Chutzpah Awards -


> Jake Jake Jake -- you are missing the point, methinks... As a Life Member 
> of the League, I resent when they get suckered into the latest scam . 
> usually has to do with aerials .. I can go on and on here and tell stories 
> of the famous center connectors epoxy encapsulated, fillled with 
> electronic trash"  -REALLY .. and some resistors that made the SWR bridge 
> happy ... a famous electronic store I worked for (manager) for a short 
> time had those in stock ..  those in-the-know tee-heed and guffawed... 
> and, they were discussed in Q Street... and, ultimately exposed as pure 
> BS --- There are hundreds of antenna devices floating around the Internet, 
> gams of them on eBay ..  but .. a few  have SOME  merit  -- and, in the 
> sixties, we used to love to talk around town on 75M / 4ØM on Mazda 5ØØW 
> lamps .. connected to our amps!   Nuttin' gnu here!   But, a spaghetti 
> feed of aerial wires that somewhat resonate .. hmmm .. saw the articles, 
> shall now go read..... a ham taking the time and effort to present his/her 
> ideas and perceived results is swell .. as long as not not snake oil! 
> AND-- as to being on topic, aerials are what go on our     TOWERS!  =];?} 
> HIHI..  es 73 .. Mark  AA6DX
> Eureka, FAR Northern California ...
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <jacobsen_5 at msn.com>
> To: "towertalk" <towertalk at contesting.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2006 6:25 PM
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] 2006 Top Ten Chutzpah Awards -
>
>
>> Everyone seems riled up about some "New Products" ads in QST. To which I 
>> say:
>>
>> I seem to remember that someone once told me that "P.T. Barnum was alive 
>> and well and working in advertising".
>>
>> We've beat this horse enough, lets get back on topic.
>> (ok, I'm off my soap box now).
>>
>> 73
>> Jake  K9WN
>