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  • [SSDN] WD-40: Not Quite the Pope's Pee

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    WD-40: Not Quite the Pope's Pee

    Posted: 10 Apr 2022 07:38 AM PDT http://soldersmoke.blogspot.com/2022/04/wd-40-not-quite-popes-pee.html

    This is the second time that Todd K7TFC has sent in a comment that is so
    good that it gets elevated to the main blog page.  When I was typing yesterday's post about how WD-40 had restored life to the hard drive in my
    old Tandy 1000 computer, I knew that this would stir up anti-WD-40 sentiments.  I'm grateful that Todd weighed in with such a thoughtful response.  What can I say?  I was young and

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    WD-40, a Hard Drive, a Coat-Hanger Antenna, Dumpster Diving, and Amateur
    Radio Satellites from the Azores

    Posted: 09 Apr 2022 04:22 AM PDT http://soldersmoke.blogspot.com/2022/04/wd-40-hard-drive-coat-hanger-antenna.html

     Last month I was talking to Ira VP2EIH on my new 1712 SSB rig.  Ira is interested in satellites.  Talking to him caused me to dig up some old material about satellite operations.   Here is a 2003 QST article about working the satellites from the Azores: http://www.gadgeteer.us/AZORESSP.HTMRegarding the usefulness of
    WD-40, during my time in the Azores John EI7BA once told me that WD-40
    is, "the

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