As a kid, I wound enough Western Auto single strand wax covered "door
bell" wire on these things to reach from the Mississippi School for
the Blind to almost anywhere I
wanted to listen, and back again. Sometimes, I got lucky, and whatever
I
was winding that coil for really did kinda sorta work!
Those projects never failed to impress my roommates at the school for
the blind,
stimulate my imagination, or to give the house parents at least one
nervous breakdown per week.
See below for what has prompted this reflection.
K5XU
----- Original Message -----
Hello--
Kimberly-Clark now offers Scott toilet tissue in a format that
eliminates the inner cardboard tube, an item long beloved by
crystal-radio builders, QRP-rig fans, and budding Glowbug
constructors.
Can we reverse the trend, thereby making it possible for junior
electronics engineers to know the thrill of winding their own RF
coils?
Toward that goal, I offer the following....
73--
Brad AA1IP
****************************************
Cardboard Tube
A parody by AA1IP
(To be sung to the tune of "Kodachrome", With apologies to Paul Simon
and Art Garfunkel))
**********************************
When I think back
On all the rigs I built in high school
One simple part
Resides inside 'em all
It's a tank coil wound on castoff cardboard tubing
Left over from
That roll upon the wall
[Refrain]
Rolls of toilet paper
Give us cleanup comfort,
Patching nicks on faces every day
Varnished tube and wire
Make up a cheap inductor
So Scotty, don't take my coil forms away
If you wind your coils on
Porcelain or plastic
They'll last longer, it is true
Than varnished cardboard wound with old bell wire
So save your dough for Miniductor plug-ins
They're a luxury for you
[Refrain]
Rolls of toilet paper
Give us cleanup comfort,
Patching nicks on faces every day
Varnished tube and wire
Make up a cheap inductor
So Scoty, don't take those cardboard tubes away
Scotty, don't take my forms away
Scotty, don't take my forms away
Scotty, don't take my forms away (awaaay)
Scotty, don't take my forms away
Scotty, don't take my forms away
Scotty, don't take my cardboard forms away (away)
Scotty, don't take my coils away
(I wanna work DX today)
Scotty, don't take my coils away (awaaaay)
(Or I'll get zero QSA)
Scotty, don't take my cardboard coils away (awaaaay)
***************
Notes:
http://www.happynews.com/news/11112010/kimberly-clark-introduces-scott-naturals-tube-free-bath-tissue.htm
Miniductor is a trademark of Barker & Williamson
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