[HQRP] Re: Amateur radio

[Ron L. Sparks]

I have a friend that spent lots of time in Nigeria.  He ALWAYS took loads of
clothes to give away.  He said that the "street value" of a NFL or NBA
jersey was the same as a $100 bill, so it was a prize gift.  Ditto for
Levi's jeans back in the communist days in eastern Europe.  When I lived in
Pakistan, I never ceased to be amazed at where caps and coveralls with our
company logo would turn up.  I once saw a goathearder in the Himalayas
wearing one of our Union Texas windbreakers.

My suggestion would be to load up on any Houston Texans and Rockets and NASA
stuff that is useful and durable (jerseys, canvas totes, caps, etc.).

As for electronic stuff  You might also consider some simple IC's and
transistors since they are often scarce in Lesser Developed Countries and
great to pack and carry (audio amps, mixers like sbl-1,TL082 op amps, 555
timers,MPF102's MRF586, 2n2222's, ferrite cores, etc.).  If you are not too
worried about clearing customs, I would also take a number of inexpensive
Radio Shack DVM's.  They could then build a complete hamshack with those
things and locally scrounged wire, resistors, and capacitors.

Sounds like they could do with some old computer boards too (any old ISA bus
sound cards, 486 motherboards, IDE drives, etc.) but those tend to be bulky
and hard to carry.

That's my "two cents worth".

Ron, AG5RS



> -----Original Message-----
> From: hqrp-bounce@tony.stevens.com
> [mailto:hqrp-bounce@tony.stevens.com]On Behalf Of Janzer, Mark
> Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 8:39 AM
> To: hqrp@stevens.com
> Subject: [HQRP] Re: Amateur radio

<snip>
>
> I'll need to pack the donation by Sunday, one thought is a Heil mic.
>
> Thanks
> Mark, K5MGJ

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