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November 4th 04, 11:57 AM

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(Len Over 21) writes:

In article , Robert Casey
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Well, except to some who wish to turn this newsgroup into
a quasi-private Chat Room involving their own desires and
preferences..and to have them damn all others for not thinking
and feeling as they do. [yourself excluded]

That's a pretty good summation of what *you* want from this newsgroup,
Len.
After all, you're the one telling other people to "shut the hell up"..

I've thought that Lenover21 wanted to be the moderator in here. He
claims otherwise.

It's how he acts that makes the claims ring hollow. Perhaps it's time to
repost the "feldwebel" classic...

Saw him in a movie. Sittin atop an A-Bomb. Oooop! He jarred it
loose.

"Dr. Strangelove." :-)

No, that's not how it happened in the movie.

Yeah, like a (mximum) 200 pound male can "jar loose" 4000
pounds of bomb (approximate weight of a special weapons of the
time) from its shackles designed to take many g of force. :-)

Tsk. These guys go to the movies and think that all the FICTION
they see is the TRVTH and nothing but... :-)

Ya never saw it, didja?

The relevant question is "Steel chassis or Aluminum chassis?"

Depends on the application.

"Greenlee punch or Nibbler?"

Such relevant questions.

From two nonbuilders...

Actually, it would be. Jimmie say he build with "recycled parts"
and his "rig" didn't cost him more than $100.

That's true.

Now anyone considering any sort of metal work for radios had
better have $ome money since an average aluminum chassis
from Bud Industries, LMB-Heeger, or Hammond Manufacturing
(good folks in Canada) is going to cost about $30...and that isn't
including a bottom cover plate.
Metal cabinets are Out Of Sight.
Check any catalog, paper or on-line, Allied, Newark, DigiKey,
Mouser, even Ocean State Electronics.

Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk.

Your imagination is limited to what you see in the catalogs of new parts.

Some alloys of aluminum are sort of malleable. 2024 is somewhat
that way but don't bend it too much. 6061 is NOT. One can't take
a chunk of ordinary aluminum and hammer it flat to fill in the holes
(using "recycled" i.e., previously-used), then bend/brake it back to
some new shape.

Why would anyone go through all that?

That means BUYING chassis somewhere...or
snaffling ("swipe") them.

You mean steal? I don't do that.

Do you have a guilty conscience, Len?

At early 1990 prices, that average
chassis alluded to before would cost about $25. So, for six chassis
in the photograph that would be a total of about $150.

Except they weren't bought new out of catalogs. Which drastically reduces the
price paid.

The excuse to be given will be that he "bought it at a flea market"
or some hamvention for "a very low price." :-)

How is that an "excuse", Len? It's the truth, in some cases. In others,
chassis, panels and other parts were recycled from other sources.

For example, the transmitter section is built in the case from a BC-191/375
tuning unit, with a new panel made from a piece of sheet aluminum. Total cost
about $2.

Whatever the story is, it will have the usual embellishments, the
brags of greatness, the usual suspects. :-)

You mean like the guy who claimed to have handled X million messages per month
24/7 at a military radio station, but didn't bother to mention the 700+ other
personnel there at the time?

Or the guy who claims to have operated from T5 but cannot recall what bands,
modes, radios, or antennas were used?