Re: [Elecraft] POW Receiver

2005-10-13 Thread Stuart Rohre
I wonder if the blue blades are the same steel coating procedure as bluing a gun barrel? If so, you can get solution for treating steel at most gun shops that cater to those restoring firearms. Stuart K5KVH ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecr

Re: [Elecraft] POW Receiver

2005-10-13 Thread Stuart Rohre
Frank, There are steel blades still sold at Home Depot for painting clean up of windows. Single edge razor blades. Now if the school official "crazies" won't stomach those, you can simple substitute some plated metal or even a rusty slip of steel. I wonder if a scrap of blue banding metal tap

Re: [Elecraft] POW Receiver

2005-10-13 Thread Robert
t; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Elecraft Reflector" Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 10:22 PM Subject: [Elecraft] POW Receiver Off topic, I apologize, but I want to tap the knowledge pool in this group, and I'll continue regardless: I'm involved with a 6th grade teacher (a

RE: [Elecraft] POW Receiver

2005-10-13 Thread Dave Balla
27;s Dave, KW4N __ From: Fred Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Elecraft Reflector Subject: [Elecraft] POW Receiver Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 19:22:06 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: from

Re: [Elecraft] POW Receiver

2005-10-12 Thread Larry Phipps
To show how much things have changed, I was in the rifle club in high school in the 60's, and it was in a suburban school... not the country !!! Larry N8LP Margaret Leber wrote: Fred Jensen wrote: 2. "Razor blades" and "campus" don't sound like they belong in the same sentence. Any su

Re: [Elecraft] POW Receiver

2005-10-12 Thread David Toepfer
I did some reading recently about the "blue blades". Some suggested that you could get some of the effects/benefits of the blue blade coating by simply talking a match/lighter to a normal razor blade. The oxidation and bluing of the blade that results is said to work well. I have not had a chanc

Re: [Elecraft] POW Receiver

2005-10-12 Thread Margaret Leber
Fred Jensen wrote: 2. "Razor blades" and "campus" don't sound like they belong in the same sentence. Any suggestions for substitutes that would pass the "campus security test?" Things sure have changed since I was on the rifle team in college. I don't recall the men shaving much back then

[Elecraft] POW Receiver

2005-10-12 Thread Fred Jensen
Off topic, I apologize, but I want to tap the knowledge pool in this group, and I'll continue regardless: I'm involved with a 6th grade teacher (a ham, he bought my TS830 a few years ago) at a local, sort of disadvantaged school. He's trying to find ways to reach his kids, and ham radio has w