Re: Coax Cable

[Rick Stevens <rstevens vitalstream com>]

Waldher, Travis R wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Rick Stevens [mailto:rstevens vitalstream com]
> > Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 2:46 PM
> > To: redhat-install-list redhat com
> > Subject: Re: Coax Cable
> >
> > I've got a couple of old 2-meter HAM rigs you can have.  Even a couple
> > of old CBs.    :-)
> >
> > I think the primary value in that cable at this time is...the value of
> > scrap copper.
>
>
> I miss the 10Base2 days.  It sure was a lot of fun to change the BNC connector out and make the new one bad.  You know.. just to mess with the co-workers from time to time. he he he

How about the subtle method of stabbing a straight pin through the coax
so it'd short it out?  It was called "pinning", and I had to do it to a
neighbor who ran a 10kW (yes, 10 kilowatt) HAM transmitter (very
illegal) and would interfere with EVERYTHING including wired telephones.

I pinned his coax about three a.m. one day.  That afternoon, he keyed up
and blew his transmitter up (with a VERY loud BANG!).  He also got an
anonymous note saying "We asked you to stop, *ssh*le. Next time, it'll
be worse."  He rebuilt his transmitter, hooked it up to the same cable,
BANG!  He started to build it again.  I pulled the pin out and had
the FCC in for coffee.  He keyed up, they saw it, and they tried and
sentenced him to two years probation and a $40,000 fine.  He never
tried it again.
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