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Re: [TowerTalk] [wwdxc] RG213 Woes

To: "James C. Garland" <4cx250b@muohio.edu>,<towertalk@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] [wwdxc] RG213 Woes
From: "jeremy-ca" <km1h@jeremy.mv.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 14:50:39 -0400
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Plymouth is a local brand which has expanded around the country. Is it part 
of 3M now or is HD committing fraud? Unless it has improved in quality since 
I tried it in the 80's it has poor adhesion and it comes apart in NE 
winters.

Carl
KM1H


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James C. Garland" <4cx250b@muohio.edu>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2007 2:29 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] [wwdxc] RG213 Woes


>I found the same at my local Home Depot. Evidently Plymouth 85 is supposed
> to correspond to Scotch 88.  It's an all-weather tape, 8.5 mils thick. The
> question, of course, is how it holds up?  It's cheaper than Scotch 88, but
> Home Depot didn't pass the savings on to the customer and charged the same
> price for it.
>
> Lowes had Scotch 88, but only one size (black, 3/4 in). Lowes had lots of
> Scotch 33 in various colors.
>
> Jim W8ZR
>
>
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> Jim Garland W8ZR
> Santa Fe, NM
> www.w8zr.net
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>
> On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 13:11:11 -0400, Roger (K8RI) wrote:
>
>>Our local Lowes has always had the 3M variety in stock any time
>>I've checked
>
> BUYER BEWARE: I was at a Home Depot near San Jose last week and
> found a dispenser display labeled Scotch 88 and Scotch 33. The
> tape inside, however, was branded "Plymouth."
>
> 73,
>
> Jim Brown K9YC
>
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