A friend of mine inherited some HAM gear when his father
passed away. He, himself, is not a HAM. He needs to find
a home for his father's equipment. He is willing to give
it to anyone who will pay the shipping or pick it up at
his place. He has no idea what any of it is, but would
rather give it to someone who can use it than send it to
the car crusher in an old car (his only other option).
I offered to post pictures of the stuff, but I need to
know where to post it so HAMs could find it. Does this
NG have a binaries group that you guys use as a binaries
portal? Would someone be willing to post the pictures on
their website?

Rick

On Sat, 21 Jan 2006 07:07:06 GMT, "kelvin_cool_ohm"
wrote:

A friend of mine inherited some HAM gear when his father
passed away. He, himself, is not a HAM. He needs to find
a home for his father's equipment. He is willing to give
it to anyone who will pay the shipping or pick it up at
his place. He has no idea what any of it is, but would
rather give it to someone who can use it than send it to
the car crusher in an old car (his only other option).
I offered to post pictures of the stuff, but I need to
know where to post it so HAMs could find it. Does this
NG have a binaries group that you guys use as a binaries
portal? Would someone be willing to post the pictures on
their website?

Some clue as to where your friend is located, at least to state may
find someone local who would grab it up. You also may wish to get the
nomenclature which might be a good hint for the rest of us as to what
is valuable and what is recycler material. You might also check Ebay.
There are often ads with just the dilemma you pose...inherited
equipment. There are many afficionados who do bid on this. Look for
brand names such as Heath (or Heathkit) Hammarlund, Collins,
Hallicrafter, Nationa Receiver, Drake, Johnson Viking for which there
are many ham hobbyist who restore this stuff. Check out Ebay, plug
some of those names or ham transmitter into it. Also try the words ham
receiver, ham transceiver and see if any of this is recognizable. Some
of this stuff is very heavy so some folks might think twice about
having it shipped unless they could have the option of a local pickup
or maybe a couple hundred miles drive with an SUV or truck. There are
a few guys who buy whole estates, fix up and resell this stuff to
folks interested in antique radios (which means almost anything before
the transistorr era. Equipment for the 50'/60's are particularly
interesting to many. More modern equipment, being simply used vice
antique will sell or not sell based upon its intrinsic merits. If you
give us a city, we might be able to provide you with a point of
contact for a nearby radio club whose members could help you.

W3JT, Jon in MD

Rick

Hi Rick,

best would be to find a reliable ham who can help you with valuing the stuff. Find one
through one of the local radioclubs (addresses via www.arrl.org for example). If he want
to do it the easy way, donate the equipment to some type of charity which can handle the
sale. http://www.wb2jkj.org/ is one which I see advertising all the time, check them out.
If all else fails - call your local NPR radio station, most will accept donations. Some
of this old stuff can be very valuable when sold on Ebay but it takes some knowledge.

On Sat, 21 Jan 2006 07:07:06 GMT, "kelvin_cool_ohm"
wrote:

A friend of mine inherited some HAM gear when his father
passed away. He, himself, is not a HAM. He needs to find
a home for his father's equipment. He is willing to give
it to anyone who will pay the shipping or pick it up at
his place. He has no idea what any of it is, but would
rather give it to someone who can use it than send it to
the car crusher in an old car (his only other option).
I offered to post pictures of the stuff, but I need to
know where to post it so HAMs could find it. Does this
NG have a binaries group that you guys use as a binaries
portal? Would someone be willing to post the pictures on
their website?

Rick

"kelvin_cool_ohm" wrote in message
news:Xns97521A1E6BF9kelvincoolohmnoemail@localhost ...
A friend of mine inherited some HAM gear when his father
passed away. He, himself, is not a HAM. He needs to find
a home for his father's equipment. He is willing to give
it to anyone who will pay the shipping or pick it up at
his place. He has no idea what any of it is, but would
rather give it to someone who can use it than send it to
the car crusher in an old car (his only other option).
I offered to post pictures of the stuff, but I need to
know where to post it so HAMs could find it. Does this
NG have a binaries group that you guys use as a binaries
portal? Would someone be willing to post the pictures on
their website?

Rick

Where are you located?
Glad to help out if you are in the Portland, Oregon area.

--

... Hank

http://home.earthlink.net/~horedson
http://home.earthlink.net/~w0rli

Have you considered giving the gear to a Ham Radio School club ??
In San Diego, we have supplied three schools with like items.

If it is too old, then the school kids can take it to an auction or e-bay it
and apply the funds to more modern gear.

Or there are some shut in poor seniors that would be worty of a donation

--
CL -- I doubt, therefore I might be !






"kelvin_cool_ohm" wrote in message
news:Xns97521A1E6BF9kelvincoolohmnoemail@localhost ...
A friend of mine inherited some HAM gear when his father
passed away. He, himself, is not a HAM. He needs to find
a home for his father's equipment. He is willing to give
it to anyone who will pay the shipping or pick it up at
his place. He has no idea what any of it is, but would
rather give it to someone who can use it than send it to
the car crusher in an old car (his only other option).
I offered to post pictures of the stuff, but I need to
know where to post it so HAMs could find it. Does this
NG have a binaries group that you guys use as a binaries
portal? Would someone be willing to post the pictures on
their website?

Rick

It would be a great help if we knew where the equipment was located (i.e.
what corner of what state?)

If it is anywhere near Sacramento CA, the ham club at Sierra College would
be very grateful for the donation of equipment.

Jim



"kelvin_cool_ohm" wrote in message
news:Xns97521A1E6BF9kelvincoolohmnoemail@localhost ...
A friend of mine inherited some HAM gear when his father
passed away. He, himself, is not a HAM. He needs to find
a home for his father's equipment. He is willing to give
it to anyone who will pay the shipping or pick it up at
his place. He has no idea what any of it is, but would
rather give it to someone who can use it than send it to
the car crusher in an old car (his only other option).
I offered to post pictures of the stuff, but I need to
know where to post it so HAMs could find it. Does this
NG have a binaries group that you guys use as a binaries
portal? Would someone be willing to post the pictures on
their website?

Rick

go to qth.com for free ads
qrz.com

sell the gear for money and
he can make a donation
to his charity or chruch etc.


kelvin_cool_ohm wrote:

A friend of mine inherited some HAM gear when his father
passed away. He, himself, is not a HAM. He needs to find
a home for his father's equipment. He is willing to give
it to anyone who will pay the shipping or pick it up at
his place. He has no idea what any of it is, but would
rather give it to someone who can use it than send it to
the car crusher in an old car (his only other option).
I offered to post pictures of the stuff, but I need to
know where to post it so HAMs could find it. Does this
NG have a binaries group that you guys use as a binaries
portal? Would someone be willing to post the pictures on
their website?

Rick

kelvin_cool_ohm wrote:

A friend of mine inherited some HAM gear when his father
passed away. He, himself, is not a HAM. He needs to find
a home for his father's equipment. He is willing to give
it to anyone who will pay the shipping or pick it up at
his place. He has no idea what any of it is, but would
rather give it to someone who can use it than send it to
the car crusher in an old car (his only other option).
I offered to post pictures of the stuff, but I need to
know where to post it so HAMs could find it. Does this
NG have a binaries group that you guys use as a binaries
portal? Would someone be willing to post the pictures on
their website?

Rick


It would help if you told us where you were located. The state and
city would be enough for someone to point you to a local ham or club
that could help you.

--
Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to
prove it.
Member of DAV #85.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

"Michael A. Terrell" wrote in
:

It would help if you told us where you were located. The state and
city would be enough for someone to point you to a local ham or club
that could help you.

Southwest Ohio, west of Dayton, near the Indiana line south of
Richmond, Indiana.

Rick

"Hank Oredson" wrote in
k.net:

Where are you located?
Glad to help out if you are in the Portland, Oregon area.


Southwest Ohio, west of Dayton, near the Indiana line south of
Richmond, Indiana.

Rick