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[TowerTalk] 402CD Heavy Duty Version

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Subject: [TowerTalk] 402CD Heavy Duty Version
From: k3mm@erols.com (Tyler Stewart)
Date: Thu, 25 Dec 1997 00:08:33 -0000
I finally found that dowel at a woodcraft type hobby shop.  Definitely not the
easiest thing to find!  You might alternatively use a piece of fiberglass
tubing or rod if you have a local source.  Sometimes you can get good deals on
short pieces that they've cut off.

73, Ty K3MM

-----Original Message-----
From: Dick Flanagan <dick@libelle.com>
To: Bill Jackson - K9RZ <k9rz@probe.net>
Cc: towertalk@contesting.com <towertalk@contesting.com>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Wednesday, December 24, 1997 18:23
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] 402CD Heavy Duty Version


>At 2:09 AM -0800 12/24/97, Bill Jackson - K9RZ wrote:
>
>"This winter," huh?  When I asked them this summer, it was "this fall."
>When I asked them in September, it was "end of November."
>
>I finally bought a stock 402CD from HRO and the HD kit from Mike Wetzel,
>W9RE.  The net cost was roughly the same as CC's 402BX will be and this is
>a time-proven mod.  Besides, I always like to have someone else Beta test
>V1.0 of anything!  :)
>
>73, Dick
>
>PS:  Does anyone on the reflector know where you can find the 1.75" wood
>dowling called for in Dave Leeson's original mod article?  The local lumber
>and woodworkng shops don't stock anything that size and apparently no one
>works a wood lathe anymore.  :(
>
>
>>Here's the latest scoop from Cushcraft on their upcoming release of a heavy
>>duty version of the 402CD.
>>
>>Happy Holidays from Nebraska!
>>
>>de Bill, K9RZ
>>-----------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>     Hi Bill,
>>        Thanks for the e-mail and your continued interest in Cushcraft
>>     products.  The rumor is true!  We should be shipping them this winter.
>>     They will run concurrent with the 402CD.  The new model number is
>>     402BX.
>
>--
>Dick Flanagan W6OLD CFII Minden, Nevada DM09db (South of Reno)
>Visit http://www.qsl.net/w7di/
>
>
>
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