On Sat, 13 Sep 2003 22:17:21 -0500, Kim W5TIT wrote:

IIRC the minimum wage back in '75 was around $1.50, and there are
about 2000 working hours in a straight-time year. (40 hrs/week x 50
weeks). So you folks were essentially living on one minimum-wage
income. Think about what those numbers work out to today...

2080 hrs. to be exact.

Somewhere in the early 80s the Feds changed to 2087 to account for
the leap year day. Even though it changed our paychecks only by the
cost of a donut or two, did we scream. To no avail, of course.

Man, that thing was nice. First bad wind that year
(90 mph past the house--straight line winds) blew that quad over and broke
one of the fiberglass spreaders. We could have replaced it. But, this was
a 3-element quad for 10M. Imagine how darned big and cumbersome that thing
was!?

Was it a 11-meter "cubical quad" before it became a 10-meter quad ??
Hmmm.... ????

--
73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane

From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest
Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon