New life to old (Texas) crystals!! - FREE template to anyone who wants it!

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[Posted this at the other place, but thought folks here that don't go there
might want to request the template]

I've decided to refresh all my old CW band crystals. I have about 15 for
each for 40 and 80 meters - been acquiring them for decades and most
get used quite a bit and have over all these years.

But they're kind of a "motley crew" in looks. Sure, they work great (some
better (hotter!) than others) and I feel I have plenty - I can even do "search
and pounce" during most CW contests if I want, especially on 40.

So I decided today to clean them up - give them a new look, and make them
all look like they just arrived from long-defunct Texas Crystals of Fort Meyers, Florida
(before they moved to LA many years later - were they EVER in Texas??).

I used Microsoft Publisher and pretty accurately duplicated the original Texas Crystals
look, logo, and "feel". I had a lot of fun home-brewing the artwork. Then I filled in all
the crystal frequencies that I own, along with 5 "blanks" that I can have on hand and
just write in if I need them.

The crystals will all get stripped of crappy old labels, repainted "FT-243 Brown" so they
all match, and then the new labels will be affixed to them with 3M spray glue.

I will email the Microsoft Publisher file (.pub) to anyone who PM's me - sorry, but when
I convert to PDF, the dimensions are slightly off. The conversion in their software isn't
very good, so if you want them to work, you'll have to have Publisher 2007 or later (will
not likely work on earlier versions). If you really want them, but don't have Publisher,
PM me - I can make some up for you in the frequencies you need and then just take
the resultant file to Office Depot - they have Publisher (Kinkos, at least around here,
does NOT!! Only Office Depot)

Check 'em out... I think it came out nice

The third picture shows all the individual frequencies I made, but there are 4 blanks in
the template. Just go to Office Depot, and have them print on "one side glossy heavy stock"
and cut them out with scissors. The printed sheet costs 55 cents, and is MASSIVELY better
than what you can do at home.

Dave
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These are 12mm x 5.5 mm that my company makes.

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These are 12mm x 5.5 mm that my company makes.

What are? No image was posted....

Dave
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Might try a different browser. It is even in your post.

[W7UUU]

Might try a different browser. It is even in your post.

Oh - the little blue image. What is it? I'm not sure how that relates to crystals and such,
but I'm old and dense half the time, and dense and old the other half.

Your blue picture isn't appearing as a clickable thumbnail to make larger, so I'm just
not sure what I'm looking at.

Dave
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Here's the link.