MILITARY COLLECTOR GROUP POST, MAR.13/98 INDEX: MAKING CONNECTIONS; More Ideas GROUP PROJECT LEFT OVERS; PRC-64, and PRC-47's ON THE COMMERCIAL FRONT; HUMOR; *********************************************** MAKING CONNECTIONS; More Ideas Hobby shops and decent hardware stores have stocks of brass, copper and aluminum in tubes, rods and sheets. Rods and tubes are one foot long and come in many sizes up to about 1/2 inch. The brass tubing can be used either as male or female parts of connnectors or as both since the tubing sizes are such that they are slip fits inside of each other. Brass comes as soft, hard or chrome plated. Don't get the soft as it really is! This tubing also works well as inserts for knobs when you have a knob with a large hole and and oddball small shaft. It can also be used as shaft extensions. Many odd metal replacement parts and shims can be made from the sheet brass. I agree with Dennis about the Dremel "Moto Tool." Gotta have it! The little wire brushes (which they seem to think are made of gold-plate platinum) are great for removing corrosion from small places. Don't expect replacement bits, brushes or grindstones to be cheap! Ain't nuthin' cheap about the Dremel! Lenox ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Another idea: Molex pins come in various sizes, male and female. Radio Shack still carries a couple of connectors (with pins) - they are the right size to use with the mini-bananas found on a lot of ARC stuff. Pete *********************************************** GROUP PROJECT LEFT OVERS; PRC-64, and PRC-47's The following equipment is left over from our past group projects. All the PRC-64's include the following unless noted: Antenna reels, external CW key, battery cover, earphone, mic, carry bag and shoulder strap. They are all complete units, but will need their cabinet screws, and some internal screws replaced. Two original cabinet screws are included with each radio so you'll know what they look like. All are in good cosmetic condition, but may need the trace on internal boards repaired. One and a half complete radios are being retained in case you should need any parts. If when you receive your radio and see that it's missing a knob, or control/connector hardware, fear not, I have included them in a small zip lock bag for your instalation. If you want one of these to use as tradeing stock, or for re-sale, don't bother contacting me, I could do that myself! The prices are good for group members only! #1) Serial No. 1113, dated 1967, $185.00 #2) Serial No. 60, dated 1965, $185.00 #3) Serial No. 8, dated 1965, $185.00 #4) Serial No.41, dated 1965, no mic, $180.00 Still have a bunch of the fiberglass whips for the PRC-47's. AS-1320, 15 ft whips, $15.00ea or 3 for $30.00 *********************************************** ON THE COMMERCIAL FRONT; Haney Electronic Company: J-45, leg iron CW keys, Correct for BC-1306, GRC-9, GRC-109, and PRC-47. These are new old stock units most still in original packaging, several contract dates from 1968 to 1980's. They include cord CD-201A with PJ-055B connector. The member price is $20.00ea, plus shipping. AS-2975, PRC-70 dipole antenna kit. Unused Similar to that use with the PRC-74 differing mainly in the balun it uses. The member price is $25.00ea, plus shipping H-250 handsets, new, latest issue. $17.50 ea U-229 audio connectors, $1.00ea U-77 audio connectors, $2.00ea PRC-25 or 77 battery connectors, removed from battery, with white plastic spacer. $1.00ea A list of available manuals is available on request. Quoted prices are good to group members only. To place an order contact Steve Haney at , If you have trouble with this address, call 817-496-3346. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Hello folks, we have just received our '98 W7FG Vintage Manuals Catalogs, and wish to distrubute them to clubs, hamfests and Swapfests. Free of course - If interested in passing our catalogs out, please let me know how many you need and by what date. Plus your address!! Thanks for your time, 73's Gary W7FG Vintage Manuals We will provide Free Catalogs for 3300 Wayside Drive Handing out at Hamfests or Clubs. Bartlesville, Ok. 74006 Let us know how many, where to Tel - 800-807-6146 Send them and when they need to be - 918-333-3754 in your hands. Http://www.w7fg.com 73's Gary Email: w7fg@w7fg.com *********************************************** HUMOR; A duck goes into a bar and asks the bartender," You got any fish?" The bartender says,"No. This is a bar and we don't sell fish" so the duck leaves. Next day, the duck goes back to the bar and asks," You got any fish?" The bartender says,"I told you yeaterday. This is a bar and we don't sell fish." The following day, the duck returns and asks,"You got any fish?" The bartender looses it, grabs the duck bu the neck, and screams,"I TOLD YOU TWICE. THIS IS A BAR. WE DON"T SELL FISH IF YOU ASK AGAIN, I'M GONNS NAIL YOUR *@#& WEBBED FEET TO THE FLOOR!" The next day, the duck goes in the bar and asks,"Got any nails?" The bartender sighs and says," No, we don"t have any nails." The duck says,"Good. Got any fish?" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monica Lewinsky, in a statement released today, countered President Clinton's firm denial: "I have had enough. This whole experience has left a bitter taste in my mouth, and I can't stomach any more. I feel as if I am getting the shaft, that this ugly matter has come to a head and has blown up in my face. This may be a load to handle, but when things are hard, that is when I am at my best. I have faced hard things in the past, and I know what is coming. I will meet this challenge the only way I know how ... head on. I have licked bigger things than this before, and I will again. No one will ever be able to say that Monica Lewinsky isn't a finisher, that she quit before the job was done. I will work non-stop and fight this, blow by blow, until I am wiped clean of this dirty affair. I will not be stained by it. " --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- An older gentleman was standing at a bus stop, observing a young man with orange, green and blue spiked hair, a pierced nose ring, and colored eye makeup. After a few moments, the young man turned to the old guy and said, "What's the matter Pops, ain't you ever done anything wild?" The old man smiled and said, "Well, yes, I have. I once got drunk and had sex with a parrot. . . and I couldn't help wondering if you might be my son." ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Teaching Maths in 1950: A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is 4/5 of the price. What is his profit? Teaching Maths in 1960: A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is 4/5 of the price, or $80. What is his profit? Teaching Maths in 1970: A logger exchanges a set "L" of lumber for a set "M" of money. The cardinality of set "M" is 100. Each element is worth one dollar. Make 100 dots representing the elements of the set "M". The set "C", the cost of production contains 20 fewer points than set "M". Represent the set "C" as a subset of set "M" and answer the following question: What is the cardinality of the set "P" of profits? Teaching Maths in 1980: A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is $80 and his profit is $20. Your assignment: Underline the number 20. Teaching Maths in 1990: By cutting down beautiful forest trees, the logger makes $20. What do you think of this way of making a living? Topic for class participation after answering the question? How did the forest birds and squirrels feel as the logger cut down the trees? There are no wrong answers. Teaching Maths in 1996: By laying off 402 of its loggers, a company improves its stock price from $80 to $100. How much capital gain per share does the CEO make by exercising his stock options at $80. Assume capital gains are no longer taxed, because this encourages investment. Teaching Maths in 1997: A company outsources all of its loggers. They save on benefits and when demand for their product is down the logging work force can easily be cut back. The average logger employed by the company earned $50,000, had 3 weeks vacation, received a nice retirement plan and medical insurance. The contracted logger charges $50 an hour. Was outsourcing a good move? Chris manyoaks@easynet.co.uk --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A woman and a man get into a car accident, and it's a bad one. Both cars are totally demolished, but amazingly neither of them is hurt. After they crawl out of their cars, the woman says, "So you're a man, that's interesting. I'm a woman... Wow! Just look at our cars. There's nothing left, but fortunately we are unhurt. This must be a sign from God that we should meet and be friends and live together in peace the rest of our days." The man replied," I agree with you completely; this must be a sign from God! The woman continued, "And look at this - here's another miracle. My car is completely demolished but this bottle of Mogen David wine didn't break. Surely God wants us to drink this wine and celebrate our good fortune." Then she hands the bottle to the man. The man shakes his head in agreement, opens it and takes a few big swigs from the bottle, then handing it back to the woman. The woman takes the bottle, immediately puts the cap back on, and hands it back to the man. The man asks, "Aren't you having any?" The woman replies, "No. I think I will just wait for the police..." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The following is taken from a Florida newspaper: A man was working on his motorcycle on his patio and his wife was in the house in the kitchen. The man was racing the engine on the motorcycle and somehow, the motorcycle slipped into gear. The man, still holding the handlebars, was dragged through a glass patio door and the motorcycle dumped onto the floor inside the house. The wife, hearing the crash, ran into the dining room, and found her husband laying on the floor, cut and bleeding, the motorcycle laying next to him and the patio door shattered. The wife ran to the phone and summoned an ambulance. Because they lived on a fairly large hill, the wife went down the several flights of long steps to the street to direct the paramedics to her husband. After the ambulance arrived and transported the husband to the hospital, the wife uprighted the motorcycle and pushed it outside. Seeing that gas had spilled on the floor, the wife obtained some papers towels, blotted up the gasoline, and threw the towels in the toilet. The husband was treated at the hospital and was released to come home. After arriving home, he looked at the shattered patio door and the damage done to his motorcycle. He became despondent, went into the bathroom, sat on the toilet and smoked a cigarette. After finishing the cigarette, he flipped it between his legs into the toilet bowl while still seated. The wife, who was in the kitchen, heard a loud explosion and her husband screaming. She ran into the bathroom and found her husband laying on the floor. His trousers had been blown away and he was suffering burns on the buttocks, the back of his legs and his groin. The wife again ran to the phone and called for an ambulance. The same ambulance crew was dispatched and the wife met them at the street. The paramedics loaded the husband on the stretcher and began carrying him to the street. While they were going down the stairs to the street accompanied by the wife, one of the paramedics asked the wife how the husband had burned himself. She told them and the paramedics started laughing so hard, one of them tipped the stretcher and dumped the husband out. He fell down the remaining steps and broke his ankle. *********************************************** (The preceding was a product of the"Military Collector Group Post", an international email magazine dedicated to the preservation of history and the equipment that made it. Unlimited circulation of this material is authorized so long as the proper credits to the original authors, and publisher are included. For more information conserning this group contact Dennis Starks at, military-radio-guy@juno.com) *********************************************** --------- End forwarded message ----------