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system: You are David Billsbrough, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham Tech message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Kc3Pm about "Where on Internet".

They wrote:
KC> where is the ham talk on the internet? Addresses please. /es

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assistant: What is your major area of interest?
(Homebrew, VHF, UHF, microwave, QRP, HF, DX, Contests ???)
Are you looking for articles from the Usenet, E-mail reflectors, and/or
WWW home pages?
Here is a list of availiable newsgroups:  (not counting any other regional)
rec.radio.amateur.antenna
rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc
rec.radio.amateur.dx
rec.radio.amateur.equipment
rec.radio.amateur.homebrew
rec.radio.amateur.misc
rec.radio.amateur.policy
rec.radio.amateur.space
rec.radio.amateur.swap
rec.radio.info
rec.radio.scanner
rec.radio.shortwave
rec.radio.swap
73,
// David //             kc4zvw@digital.net
 * SLMR 2.1a #869 * I'm right 98% of the time; why quibble over the other 3%?
system: You are Paul Williams, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham Tech message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Ray Brown Kb0Stn about "BTL-301/304/312".

They wrote:
>> you'll need a Hi-Z ceramic mic.
RB>  A service manual... hmm. Are you the one that mentioned a few months
RB>ago that you worked on these critters? If you are, I'd like to tweak one
RB>from 47.5 up to 52.525. :-) Actually, what'd be _really_ nice would be to
RB>convert this from a 301 to a 304 (4 channels instead of 1).
RB>   Can you help me out?
-=> Yours sincerely, Paul Williams KB5IVG<=-

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assistant: Hi Ray Brown Kb0stn, hope you are having a nice day
 Nope it wasn't me, but I'll help if I can.  I made a bit of a goof on the
manual I have though.  It's for the BTL-301/304, instead of the 301/302.
As for going to 4 channels, depending on what versions of the rcvr and
xmtr boards are used, you can have upto 12 recieve and 12 transmit channels.
And based on the design used, there's no reason why you couldn't replace
them with a synthesizer.
 The reciever is tuned in 3 segments (29-35, 35-44, 44-50) and the
transmitter in 7. (29-32, 32-35, 35-38, 38-41, 41-44, 44-47, 47-50)
 The reciever board in the s.m. is etched with the number 500-943.
It uses a diode matrix to select which crystal to use and has the
lands for up to 12 crystals.  And It appears to have been used at least
up to 4/75.
 The transmitter board was revised several times and by 4/75 included
a swr-mismatch auto powerback, and a change to a different board layout.
If the board is marked 500-996 then is supports up to 12 crystals,
if it's marked 501-183, then it only supports 6.
From the looks of things you could possible get all of 6M out of it with
a few part changes, and there was a module put out in '77 that would let
you go from 30W to 100.
 The manual and additions would run 100 or so pages copied (half if done
doublesided)
... "Oh, yes, it gets much worse."--Todd Sullivan
system: You are Paul Williams, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham Tech message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Jeff Edmonson about "3E29's".

They wrote:
-=> Yours sincerely, Paul Williams KB5IVG<=-

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assistant: Hi Jeff Edmonson, hope you are having a nice day
 Were you still in edd for the specs on 3E29's?
(still looking for 177WA's I know Davilyn wants $250 ea. :< )
... <growl>  SOMEONE is gonna get EchoKilled for this... Jeff
system: You are Chris Boone, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham Tech message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Doug Espy about "6m nut...".

They wrote:
> is you are pretty much stuck with a multiband antenna in which they do
> not
> perform as well as monoband antennas on the DB-gain aspect. I have to
> have
> long range monoband antennas down here or I might as well hook to a

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assistant: *** Quoting Doug Espy to Rob Dennis dated 12-21-96 ***
Use an external diplexer to break out 6 and 2/440 again....and you can use
separate antennas.....No biggie..
a dual band 2/440 antenna by Larsen or others is just as good as a single
band antenna of the same length....
Chris
WB5ITT
system: You are Chris Boone, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham Tech message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to David Billsbrough about "Where on Internet".

They wrote:
> rec.radio.amateur.swap

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assistant: *** Quoting David Billsbrough to Kc3Pm dated 12-21-96 ***
?????? I havent seen that rec group on the net....you sure you dont have it
confused with rec.radio.swap???
Chris
system: You are Ed Kriston, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham Tech message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to All about "Hallicrafters HT-33A diagram".

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assistant: I am in need of the diagram for a Hallicrafters HT-33A amplifier
        diagram.  A copy is fine and willing to pay what is necessary. If
        you can help me out with this, please leave me a message. Thanks.
        73 de N3WJA
                        Happy Holidays to Everyone!
system: You are Ed Kriston, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham Tech message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to All about "Eico 320 diagram needed".

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assistant: In need of a wiring diagram for an Eico Model 320 signal generator.
        A copy would be fine.  If you can help me out one this, leave me a
        message. Thanks.  73 de N3WJA
system: You are Ray Brown Kb0Stn, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham Tech message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Wayne Sarosi about "re: [LOW BUDGET ANTENNAS-".

They wrote:
> In a message to Richard Trostel <18 Dec 96  1:12> Harvey
> Harbicht wrote:
>
>  HH> I'm the guy who asked why you can't use a dish on 2
> meters or 440.
>  HH> Wayne, why not?
>
> You can if you have the land to do it on.

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assistant: That's about what it'd take. :-) There was an article in QST about a year
ago that had a _giant_ dish literally in someone's back yard. If I recall
correctly, this fellow bought the dish for scrap, hauled it to his home, and
reassembled it. Uses it for working Earth-Moon-Earth (EME) contacts. I think
his total estimated gain was something like 35 dB. (wow!)
                                                        _Ray_
system: You are Larry Kunz, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham Tech message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Ralph Mowery about "ECHO Traffic".

They wrote:
RM> All side mounted antennas that don't have some sort of reflector to
RM> keep
RM> the driven element from seeing the mast or tower will be affected
RM> depending on the relative size of the tower and spacing.  It is
RM> possiable to get a patern that is almost circular with a small (maybe
RM> 3db) offset to the patern to one that looks like a triangle  to one
RM> that
RM> is fairly directional depending on the spacing.  Some of the
RM> commmercial
RM> antenna books show how the tower will affect the antennas at certain
RM> spacing.

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assistant: On (22 Dec 96  16:58:00) Ralph Mowery wrote to Larry Kunz ...
I need to check with our Comm Dept for such a book. I plan to use
two dipoles mounted on opposite sides of a 20' mast spaced to what
the matching harness will allow. I hope this will make it slightly
more "omni".
Larry
... A ZPOINTless Tagline
system: You are Larry Kunz, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham Tech message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Rob Dennis about "6m dipole....".

They wrote:
RD>  Larry it looks like you just made yourself a 2 element  6m beam.
RD>  Your directivity will be in the same direction as the side of the tower
RD> it
RD> is mounted on with a null directly behind it.
RD>  A nice thing to have if you want to only serve one area and keep
RD> spurious
RD> noise or signals out of your repeater.
RD>  Not to good if you want a wide coverage repeater though.

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assistant: On (23 Dec 96  21:00:30) Rob Dennis wrote to Larry Kunz ...
I first tried a Diamond 5/8 x 2 (6db?) colinear. After almost three
months waiting for this thing, I tuned and mounted this thing at the
top of the tower (about 55' at the base). Since this thing is 21'
long, I was expecting a improvement over the 1/2 wave dipole I'm
currently using. As it turned out, my coverage was so poor that I
returned to the dipole.
I have heard from others that this antenna from Diamond is not all
that good (after the fact). It tunes just fine, but seems to radiate
like a dummy load using cheap coax.
Larry
... A ZPOINTless Tagline
system: You are Ralph Mowery, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham Tech message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Larry Kunz about "ECHO Traffic".

They wrote:
LK>How do I determine the impedance of a 1/2 wave dipole for the
LK>purposes of calculating the physical dimensions of a gamma match?
LK>I'm talking VHF/UHF here and need the R and J component.
LK>Here is another:  I built a dipole for my 6M repeater and mounted it
LK>off the side of a mast spaced out about .1 wave length. While tuning
LK>this thing, I decided to take field strength measurements and found
LK>it to exhibit a considerable degree of directivity. I have been told
LK>that the commercial dipoles are spaced only 10" away from a mast ot
LK>tower leg. What would moving the (now tuned) dipole in that close do
LK>to the resonant length and would this broaden the radiation pattern?

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assistant: You might try one of the antenna analizer programs.  You could probably
get close if you just figuered the dipole as the driven element of a 2
element beam with the same spacing.
All side mounted antennas that don't have some sort of reflector to keep
the driven element from seeing the mast or tower will be affected
depending on the relative size of the tower and spacing.  It is
possiable to get a patern that is almost circular with a small (maybe
3db) offset to the patern to one that looks like a triangle  to one that
is fairly directional depending on the spacing.  Some of the commmercial
antenna books show how the tower will affect the antennas at certain
spacing.
The antennas are spaced depending on the desired pattern and impedancd.
system: You are Bob Albert, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham Tech message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Jeff Edmonson about "3E29's".

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assistant: The 3E29 and 829B have the same heater ratings; they each have a 12.6
Volt center tapped heater so either can be used at 6.3 Volts as well.
73 DE K6DDX
system: You are Paul Williams, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham Tech message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Jeff Edmonson about "3E29's".

They wrote:
JE> 3E29 | Dual Tube. Values for both sections, in push-pull. Inter-
JE> Approx Power Out (w): 83
PW>> (still looking for 177WA's I know Davilyn wants $250 ea. :< )
JE> Tetrode?  Triode?  My book doesn't show a list for 'em.
PW>> ... <growl>  SOMEONE is gonna get EchoKilled for this... Jeff
JE> What's yer point?  };->
-=> Yours sincerely, Paul Williams <=-

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assistant: Hi Jeff Edmonson, hope you are having a nice day
8<snip>8
 Dat's the one.  I've got 2 or 3 of them floating around here, as well
as one or two 5894's.  What can I say, transistors may be easier to work
with, but for some things, if they don't glow it don't go. :)
 They seem to be triodes.  They look kinda like a smaller version of a
3-500Z without the fins on the plate.  Or mabye more like a 5868 just it
has 7 pins and the plate terminal on top.
 Just a random tagline.  A comment by a person in another echo where one
of the unwritten rules is "Anything you say can and will be MISquoted
against you" and usually is. ;))
... "Now that you're back, Wanna rub my tiger?" - Scott Dupuis
system: You are Bert Burland, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham Tech message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Jason Micha about "ham radio".

They wrote:
JM> Is it real  hard to get a permit for a HAM Radio?
JM> Is it expensive to own one?

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assistant: -[ Quoting Jason Micha to All ]-
 For an entry level license (no code tech), no more so than getting a
 drivers license.  You have to learn operating privileges, rules of
 the road and some safety precautions, and pass an exam.  More
 privileges require higher levels of learning.
 It can be very expensive, or not.  Depends on the level you intend to
 participate, age and quality of the equipment you choose.  A new HT
 (handy talkie or walkie talkie) for 2 meters can be had for about $250
 and will allow you to chat with other Ham's on area repeaters. This
 can be done with the no code tech license.
 If you choose to learn the code (much like learning another
 language), passing the 5 word per minute copy will grant you code
 privileges on several HF (high frequency) bands plus SSB (single side
 band) voice on a segment of the 10 meter HF band.  This will give you
 world wide range depending on the band, antenna, time of day, time of
 year and solar cycle.  Using your new found skills, you can construct
 wire antennas which are easy and inexpensive to build.
 An older (vacuum tube era) HF transceiver of good quality can be
 purchased for a few hundred bucks.  A new (10 meter only) mobile
 radio goes for a couple hundred, if you intend to use it indoors,
 you'll also need a power supply providing the DC power.
 Radio Shack has a book "Now Your Talking" that is a fair primer into
 Ham Radio plus it contains Novice and Technician license exams. This
 will help explain terms like Band, Solar Cycle, etc, also more
 sources of info.  Best wishes from N5TOA.
system: You are Wayne Sarosi, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham Tech message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Jason Micha about "ham radio".

They wrote:
JM> Is it real  hard to get a permit for a HAM
JM> Radio?  Is it expensive to own one?

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assistant: In a message to All <24 Dec 96  0:16> Jason Micha wrote:
Welcome to HAM_TECH. There are other echos about Amateur Radio also
if you care to criuse those too.
A Ham license is fairly easy. There is the Code-Free Technician
License which is just a written test of about 50 questions. There
is a book called 'Now you're talking II' by the Amateur Radio
Relay League (ARRL) 225 Main Street, Newington, CT 06111-1494.
They have a 1-800 number which you can get from calling
1-800-555-1212.
If you wish to start as a Novice the same book will work if
you ask for the Novice/Code-Free Techinician book. The Novice
license allows you to work the HF bands 3-30 MHz plus some
VHF and UHF. The Code-Free License is only for VHF/UHF.
The Novice class requires a 5wpm Morse Code test and 25
question written test. Testing fees are about $5 and the ARRL
can tell you where you can test and when.
Radios can run from less than $100 used for VHF/UHF to $7k
for the top-of-the-line HF rigs that do everything from
Digital filtering to over 100 channels of memory.
Hope this helps.
-WS
system: You are Wayne Sarosi, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham Tech message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to John Jannsen about "Radio".

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assistant: John,
I have the radio, owner's manual, Service manual, some crystals,
a mic, power cord. I can not find the Kam to Radio interface cable.
If I find that later I'll send it. It goes out Thursday or Friday.
The manuals will be send separate. No box big enough from Christmas.
:()
Enjoy. I'll contact Thom La Costa or you can and keep the manuals
in HAMLIB.
-WS, Ho Ho Ho
system: You are Rob Dennis, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham Tech message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Larry Kunz about "6m dipole....".

They wrote:
LK> Here is another:  I built a dipole for my 6M repeater and mounted it
LK> off the side of a mast spaced out about .1 wave length. While tuning
LK> this thing, I decided to take field strength measurements and found
LK> it to exhibit a considerable degree of directivity. I have been told
LK> that the commercial dipoles are spaced only 10" away from a mast ot
LK> tower leg. What would moving the (now tuned) dipole in that close do
LK> to the resonant length and would this broaden the radiation pattern?

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assistant: Larry it looks like you just made yourself a 2 element  6m beam.
 Your directivity will be in the same direction as the side of the tower it
is mounted on with a null directly behind it.
 A nice thing to have if you want to only serve one area and keep spurious
noise or signals out of your repeater.
 Not to good if you want a wide coverage repeater though.
system: You are Rob Dennis, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham Tech message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Doug Espy about "6m nut...".

They wrote:
DE> I have'nt heard of any crossband RX overload problems on the Standard
DE> tri bander. I feel since it already has an internal triplexer the
DE> for an RX overload would be eliminated. The problem I have with the
DE> Standard is you are pretty much stuck with a multiband antenna in which
DE> they do not perform as well as monoband antennas on the DB-gain aspect.
DE> have to have long range monoband antennas down here or I might as well
DE> to a dummy load.

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assistant: potential
hook
 The only way to split your output would be to run a external tri-plexer that
would split one output into each individual band.
 For a multi-band antenna for base-station use Diamond and Comet both make a
tri-band 2m,6m and 70cm vertical antenna with a decent gain figure ofr each
band on it.
 If I could afford it I would have the Standard on-order for the new year.
 The Kenwood tri-bander is WAY expensive and only comes with 2 bands
installed and no CTCSS board at all. If you want another module the wait can
be up to 3
or 4 weeks and the CTCSS board is over the $150 mark.
 Standard has all the bands and the CTCSS built in and an option to add more
to
the existing memory system in the radio while Kenwood does not.
 I am going to be saving up for the Standard for next year.
 My Diamond tri-band vertical should be in the first week of January.
system: You are Ke4Ooo, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham Tech message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Wayne Sarosi about "ECHO Traffic".

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assistant: Re: ECHO Traffic
Wayne,
 Well I ahve some traffic on ant. guru. <g> I need to build a couple of halo
ants for 2m, and after looking at my 6m halo I can see that the mesurments
are not the same as they would be for a dipole. I will be using 2" wide alum.
for the element. I want to make them simular to the AEA halo I have for 6m.
Any ideas? I am leaving for vacation tonight, so I won't be back to read this
for a week or so, but I will be near your QTH while on vacation I think. I
will have the 2m HT with me in the Tampa area. hope to catch you on the air
if that is anywhere close to where you are.
73,
 Greg
 ke4ooo
system: You are Paul Williams, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham Tech message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Jeff Edmonson about "3E29's".

They wrote:
PW>>  Dat's the one.  I've got 2 or 3 of them floating around here, as well
PW>> as one or two 5894's.  What can I say, transistors may be easier to
PW>>work with, but for some things, if they don't glow it don't go. :)
JE> Always!
<BG>
PW>>>> (still looking for 177WA's I know Davilyn wants $250 ea. :<
PW>> 5868 just it has 7 pins and the plate terminal on top.
JE> Hmmm... seems that 3-500Z's only have 5 pins on the bottom.  Fuzzy
JE> recolections, though.
-=> Yours sincerely, Paul Williams KB5IVG<=-

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assistant: Hi Jeff Edmonson, hope you are having a nice day
8<snip>8
 Yep. I've got a pair of 'em. (and the amp they came from)  But their
bigger physically than the 177's are.  'Course I'd like to find a pair of
new 8349's too. <G>
... "Ye canna change the laws of physics!"  "Wanna bet?"
system: You are Bill Ewald, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham Tech message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to All about "Question about hardline".

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assistant: A friend in Raleigh salvaged some cable TV hardline after hurricane
        Fran. It is 9/16" O.D., has a dense foam dielectric; the inner
        conductor is aluminum  and about 1/8' diameter. I read an article in
        one of the ARRL "Hint's & Kinks" about using copper compression
        fittings to adapt 1/2" hardline to the PL-259 connector. Anyone here
        have experience  with the hardline I've described?
        I suppose I'll cross this bridge before I worry about matching its
        75 ohms.
system: You are Wayne Sarosi, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham Tech message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Ray Brown Kb0Stn about "[LOW BUDGET ANTENNAS-".

They wrote:
>> You can if you have the land to do it on.
RBK>  That's about what it'd take. :-) There was an article in QST
RBK> about a year ago that had a _giant_ dish literally in someone's
RBK> back yard. If I recall correctly, this fellow bought the dish for
RBK> scrap, hauled it to his home, and reassembled it. Uses it for
RBK> working Earth-Moon-Earth (EME) contacts. I think his total
RBK> estimated gain was something like 35 dB. (wow!)

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assistant: In a message to Wayne Sarosi <22 Dec 96 22:47> Ray Brown Kb0stn wrote:
That would be probably a 10m (Diameter) dish  and probably used
on 23cm considering the gain. Big back Yard and nice neighbors
he must have. :)
-WS
system: You are Wayne Sarosi, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham Tech message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to John Janssen about "Radio".

They wrote:
WS> John,
WS> I have the radio, owner's manual, Service manual, some crystals,
WS> a mic, power cord. I can not find the Kam to Radio interface cable.
WS> If I find that later I'll send it. It goes out Thursday or Friday.
WS> The manuals will be send separate. No box big enough from Christmas.
WS> :()
WS> Enjoy. I'll contact Thom La Costa or you can and keep the manuals
WS> in HAMLIB.
WS> -WS, Ho Ho Ho

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assistant: In a message to John Janssen <25 Dec 96 20:12> Wayne Sarosi wrote:
The package goes out Friday Morn. It's a brick. Keep an eye out for it.
Manuals are inside, folded once.
-WS