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<DIV>In a message dated 13/02/2012 12:24:56 GMT Standard Time,
kgordon2006@frontier.com writes:</DIV>
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style="BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"><FONT
style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>I have
my football helmet on, John.<BR><BR>Ken W7EKB<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>Hi Ken</DIV>
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<DIV>I would like to think that there is room in this hobby for both the serious
collector and the serious modifier and any other combination that you can think
of. I have had my share of being lectured by purists when I have announced a
modification.</DIV>
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<DIV>In Europe, the 40m band in the evenings still has such large signals that
spurious signals from intermodulation products can be heard on original
design Heath receivers - let alone when contests are running.</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT lang=0 size=2 face=Arial FAMILY="SANSSERIF"
PTSIZE="10">73<BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 color=#0000ff size=4 face=Arial
FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="14"><I><BR>Bob</FONT><FONT lang=0 color=#000000
size=2 face=Arial FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"></I><BR>Bob F Burns<BR>C Eng,
FIET, MSE<BR>Amateur Radio Callsign: G3OOU<BR>Registered RSGB
Instructor<BR>G-QRP Member No: 6907; Zone: 14, QRA: IO91WH; WAB:
TQ25<BR>Secretary of Crystal Palace Radio & Electronics Club: <A
href="http://www.g3oou.co.uk/">www.g3oou.co.uk</A><BR>Technical web site: <A
href="http://www.qsl.net/g3oou">www.qsl.net/g3oou</A></FONT></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>