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April 11th 05, 02:17 AM
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"J. Mc Laughlin" wrote in message ... Amen! If gold did not exist, it would need to be invented just for EE purposes. 73 Mac N8TT I've often entertained thoughts about the utility of gold in my other hobby. I reload ammunition and cast lead bullets. Anything over 1200 to 1500 fps leads to leading from friction and gas cutting. Gold shares with lead a high mass and malleability. Its higher melting point should allow considerably higher velocities. Unfortunately I've not found suffient quantities at economically feasible acquiral rates. Once Oklahoma gets its lottery running and I win I'll get myself 4 or 5 pounds and find out if my theory about gold bullets proves out. Another complication stems from the high melting point which may prove damaging to my bullet molds. If that should occur, I'll have to get someone to extrude me some gold rod and lathe cut my gold bullets. Hmm, with gold rods, can gold ground plane antennas for 2 and 6 meters be far behind? So many fun homebrew projects, so little time, sigh. Harold KD5SAK |
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