----- Original Message -----
From: Sumner Weisman <sweisman@gis.net>
To: <105671.471@compuserve.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2000 5:45 PM
Subject: 3.14..........
> Dave and Glenn,
>
> That reminds me of the old story about when little Johnny was in school,
and
> the teacher said "The diameter of a circle is Pi-R-Square. Johnny
replied,
> "No Teacher, Pie are round. Cake are square!" Ouch! ;->)
>
> Sumner ( W1VIV)
> Boston
> 62 TR3B
>
> Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 14:19:21 -0400
> From: David Massey <105671.471@compuserve.com>
> Subject: Re: afternoon fun
>
>
> Message text written by Glenn Rattmann
> >Pretty close... but I've been working on development of this theory for a
> long time, in both my TR-6 life and in my amateur radio life where I build
> big (300 pound) antennas and figure how to put them up on tall (200-foot)
> towers. It doesn't matter whether it's antenna work, or doing the brakes
> on my TR... I can state that the multiplier is actually the magic number:
> 3.14 !
>
> And you thought Pi had something to do with circles....
>
> Glenn 74.5 TR-6 X 2 (K6NA)
> San Diego
> <
>
> It only takes that long when you have to maximize the the SWR. ;-)
>
> Dave (N0FEJ)
> St. Louis
> 57 TR3
> 71 TR6
> 80 TR8
>
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