[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Is this the same as the Arizona QRP society (?) Scorpion?

It's designed and kitted by the same guy, but I believe they're
different. Not knowing the Scorpion, I couldn't tell you the
differences. Magnetic return?

Actually, compare and contrast:
  http://www.azscqrpions.org/Page2_ScQRPion_Website.htm
  http://www.w5jh.net/Black_Widow.htm

Looks to me like the Black Widow is a whole lot finer.

> I have two of 'em still in the bag, but as you mention, polishing
> that brass looks like it might take until the sunspot cycle comes
> around agn.

Seriously, electric buzzy sander. I spent HOURS using Jerry's "sandpaper
taped to a flat surface" method, and was getting almost nowhere, then I
attacked it with the buzzy sander (not band sander, not disk sander, I
mean something a bit like
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000050FBC.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg) and had it
nice and clean in about a minute, maybe two.

-- 
"Nosey" Nick Waterman, G7RZQ, K2 #5209.
use Std::Disclaimer;    [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I'm a light eater. As soon as it's light, I start to eat.
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