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   Jim GM4DHJ ... to All   
   Re: [Southgate] Amazing opening on 144 M   
   30 May 20 13:05:56   
   
   XPost: rec.radio.amateur.policy, uk.radio.amateur   
   From: jim.gm4dhj~@ntlworld.com   
      
   > If you've ever used a spray can of WD-40, you might have wondered what   
   > the name means. It stands for "Water Displacement, 40th formula". In my   
   > time as a radio amateur I'd never stopped to think what the RG in RG-58   
   > stood for. Turns out that it too has a meaning, "Radio Guide", though I   
   > have found some interesting alternative descriptions where the G stood   
   > for Government   
   >   
   or UR67 ...uniradio 67   
      
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