Return-Path: Received: from rly-ma06.mx.aol.com (rly-ma06.mail.aol.com [172.20.116.50]) by air-ma02.mail.aol.com (v120.9) with ESMTP id MAILINMA022-8af474314a42df; Tue, 20 Nov 2007 12:09:13 -0400 Received: from post.thorcom.com (post.thorcom.com [193.82.116.20]) by rly-ma06.mx.aol.com (v120.9) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINMA061-8af474314a42df; Tue, 20 Nov 2007 12:08:54 -0400 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1IuWaB-00023y-1p for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Tue, 20 Nov 2007 17:08:19 +0000 Received: from [193.82.116.32] (helo=relay1.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1IuWaA-00023p-H4 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Tue, 20 Nov 2007 17:08:18 +0000 Received: from sighthound.demon.co.uk ([80.177.174.126]) by relay1.thorcom.net with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1IuWa8-000107-Df for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Tue, 20 Nov 2007 17:08:18 +0000 Received: from lurcher.twatt.local (lurcher.twatt.local [127.0.1.1]) by lurcher.twatt.local (Postfix) with ESMTP id 044EADA4D8 for ; Tue, 20 Nov 2007 17:08:02 +0000 (GMT) Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 17:08:02 +0000 From: John Pumford-Green GM4SLV To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Message-ID: <20071120170802.1e35dfb4@lurcher.twatt.local> In-Reply-To: References: Organization: The Gammy Bird X-Mailer: Claws Mail 2.10.0 (GTK+ 2.12.0; i486-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Karma: 0: X-Spam-Score: 0.2 (/) X-Spam-Report: autolearn=disabled,RCVD_ILLEGAL_IP=0.234 Subject: Re: LF: 500 Grabber and website Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on post.thorcom.com X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=no version=2.63 X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes Sender: owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group X-SA-Exim-Rcpt-To: rs_out_1@blacksheep.org X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No; SAEximRunCond expanded to false X-AOL-IP: 193.82.116.20 X-AOL-SCOLL-AUTHENTICATION: listenair ; SPF_helo : n X-AOL-SCOLL-AUTHENTICATION: listenair ; SPF_822_from : n On Tue, 20 Nov 2007 11:52:42 EST G4gvw@aol.com wrote: > Looks good John! > =20 > What I am intrigued by is the ingenious method of tempering the > soldering bit! Could you please enlighten us as to which grape > variety is best or is this a continuing work in progress? Hello Pat, LF, As an experimentally minded person I do of course keep an open mind on these matters, and conduct regular trials to determine which varietal gives the best results (both for soldering and for manual telegraphy!) Currently I find the Chilean Carmen=C3=A8re to be good value! Bottoms up! John