“Once, when the Commander was selling automobiles, he drove a new car straight up the steps of a Grant Park statue as a publicity stunt,”legendarySun Timescolumnist Irv Kupcinet wrote in his memoirKup’s Chicago.“Another time, he publicized his short-wave radios by traveling north into th...
The end of each element is secured into lengths of 5mm plastic hollow tubing, obtained from model and craft shops. Each element end support has a different length in order to preserve the shape of the supporting frame. After the tips have been drilled each element is threaded along the lengt...
KPRC, that broadcasts at 950 kHz, roughly one megahertz. That means the wavelength of their carrier is around 300 meters. An antenna as long as a quarter of a wavelength would be roughly as long as a football field, and yet people listen to AM on portable radios. How is that...
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Some shops will charge you for empty boxes and in my experience, you can find great boxes for under $10. My source & happy place! Every week at the Owl Shop AB1DQ’s not so secret stash Online sources for cigar boxes include eBay and Etsy as well as craft suppliers such as Michael...