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OF PEOPLE.  IT WAS A TIME WHEN YOU WERE GLAD YOU HAD HAM RADIO AND NEEDED
IT.  SO, OF COURSE, THIS IS WHEN THE TREE STRUCK BACK.  A BRANCH ABOUT 5
INCHES IN DIAMETER SNAPPED IN THE NIGHT WITH A CRACK LOUD ENOUGH TO BE
HEARD INSIDE THE HOUSE AND IT HUNG UP ON THE WIRE.  LIKE A RABID CCR
ENFORCEMENT SWAT TEAM, IT TRIED MIGHTILY TO PULL MY ANTENNA DOWN OR BREAK
IT, BUT THE ANTENNA HELD.  FOR THREE DAYS AND NIGHTS IT HUNG UP THERE IN
THE WINDS, TOO HIGH TO REACH AND NOT FALLING ON ITS OWN.  STILL THE ANTENNA
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HELD.  FINALLY, ON THE THIRD DAY THE OAK SURRENDERED AT LAST, THE BRANCH
FELL OFF AND WE ARE AT PEACE FOR NOW.  NEW PRODUCTS PLUM VALLEY SYSTEMS
HIGH TEMPERATURE ALARM THE TA 100 FROM PLUM VALLEY SYSTEMS IS A GENERAL
PURPOSE HIGH TEMPERATURE ALARM WITH APPLICATIONS AS AN AMPLIFIER OVERHEAT
ALARM.  THE STAINLESS STEEL SENSOR CAN BE GLUED DIRECTLY TO A HEAT SINK OR
FASTENED IN THE AIR EXHAUST AREA OF A TUBE AMPLIFIER.  THEN THE TRIP
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