Warped Perception
I saw this photo of a Milwaukee Braves fan entering County Stadium in 1962 with a case of beer on his shoulder:
source: https://twitter.com/AaronNagler/status/1739779854617157654
and immediately thought not of beer or spring or baseball or Milwaukee but antennas:
source: https://ia804504.us.archive.org/3/items/sim_qst_1955-11_39_11/sim_qst_1955-11_39_11.pdf
In other words, think of all those empties, steel cans, easy to solder/braze or weld together ! And also, when soda water came in sturdy refillable glass bottles that were perfect as insulators !
Weirdly it also reminds me of one of my earliest Milwaukee memories in 1960 or so when I was 4 or 5. Walking the alley I found a 6 pack of Pabst Blue Ribbon (I remember the red/white/blue steel cans). Of course no pull tabs, I had no church key, couldn't read so I didn't really know what it was (my Dad wasn't much for beer). So I pounded on a can with a rock, no luck. They were pretty tough containers - what I didn't know then was they were perfect antenna material !!
Best Regards,
Chuck, WB9KZY
http://wb9kzy.com/ham.htm
source: https://twitter.com/AaronNagler/status/1739779854617157654
and immediately thought not of beer or spring or baseball or Milwaukee but antennas:
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| 82 beer cans |
source: https://ia804504.us.archive.org/3/items/sim_qst_1955-11_39_11/sim_qst_1955-11_39_11.pdf
In other words, think of all those empties, steel cans, easy to solder/braze or weld together ! And also, when soda water came in sturdy refillable glass bottles that were perfect as insulators !
Weirdly it also reminds me of one of my earliest Milwaukee memories in 1960 or so when I was 4 or 5. Walking the alley I found a 6 pack of Pabst Blue Ribbon (I remember the red/white/blue steel cans). Of course no pull tabs, I had no church key, couldn't read so I didn't really know what it was (my Dad wasn't much for beer). So I pounded on a can with a rock, no luck. They were pretty tough containers - what I didn't know then was they were perfect antenna material !!
Best Regards,
Chuck, WB9KZY
http://wb9kzy.com/ham.htm
