pete wrote:

I used to have an NC-183, and then decided that I shall have no boatanchor
larger
than a microwave oven. That maxim has certainly limited the size, but not
the quantity, of my boatanchors awaiting restoration!
Pete Verrando
KQ5I


Get a bigger microwave oven.
-Bill

On Tue, 21 Oct 2003 04:22:15 UTC, "pete"
wrote:

Yes, let us hope that they will be valuable in future years, as the market
on ebay and elsewhere for boatanchors is very soft now. Hopefully there
will still be analog stations to tune, and low enough levels of electrical
interference
to hear them.

Soft prices are a double edged sword.

The prices are driven down by the aging and death of the interested
population, by low prices of new radios, by the distractions of
other hobbies such as the Internet, and by collapse of the economy
(The Dow Jones began falling on January 14, 2000).

These are all strong forces.

On the other hand, there will be no more boat anchors built, ever.
Every day, another boat anchor radio is lost, tossed out,
deteriorated beyond repair.

As good as the new radios are, you cannot pick out the transmitters
by tuning across 40. Was that a ICOM Pro II or an HT-37?

Similarly on receive, my QTH, antenna, and speakers affects the
receive quality more than the radio. That's assuming that I'm
using a boat anchor of reasonable quality, something with 1 kHz
readout, 1 uV sensitivity, .5 kHz/30 minute stabilty, 2.5 kHz or
better selectivity, half watt audio output, etc.

Easy to achieve specs from 1960 on.

I used to have an NC-183, and then decided that I shall have no boatanchor
larger
than a microwave oven. That maxim has certainly limited the size, but not
the quantity, of my boatanchors awaiting restoration!
Pete Verrando
KQ5I

I don't have any Nationals. Almost all Heathkits here.

de ah6gi/4 Got a Signal/One CX7A working on receive.

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On Tue, 21 Oct 2003 04:22:15 UTC, "pete"
wrote:

Yes, let us hope that they will be valuable in future years, as the market
on ebay and elsewhere for boatanchors is very soft now. Hopefully there
will still be analog stations to tune, and low enough levels of electrical
interference
to hear them.

Soft prices are a double edged sword.

The prices are driven down by the aging and death of the interested
population, by low prices of new radios, by the distractions of
other hobbies such as the Internet, and by collapse of the economy
(The Dow Jones began falling on January 14, 2000).

These are all strong forces.

On the other hand, there will be no more boat anchors built, ever.
Every day, another boat anchor radio is lost, tossed out,
deteriorated beyond repair.

As good as the new radios are, you cannot pick out the transmitters
by tuning across 40. Was that a ICOM Pro II or an HT-37?

Similarly on receive, my QTH, antenna, and speakers affects the
receive quality more than the radio. That's assuming that I'm
using a boat anchor of reasonable quality, something with 1 kHz
readout, 1 uV sensitivity, .5 kHz/30 minute stabilty, 2.5 kHz or
better selectivity, half watt audio output, etc.

Easy to achieve specs from 1960 on.

I used to have an NC-183, and then decided that I shall have no boatanchor
larger
than a microwave oven. That maxim has certainly limited the size, but not
the quantity, of my boatanchors awaiting restoration!
Pete Verrando
KQ5I

I don't have any Nationals. Almost all Heathkits here.

de ah6gi/4 Got a Signal/One CX7A working on receive.

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