[AMRadio] some items needed

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<<Unless you have a museum, how can you use all that?
How can you even get at all that?>>

Hi Brett,

Thanks for the comments.  I have heard of things like that happening many 
times over, and have seen my sister, both when she moved, and when she closed 
up my Mother's house have a dumpster left in the yard into which went nearly 
everything.

In answer to your comment, I do have a small "museum" specializing mainly in 
Hallicrafters equipment.  Much of this gear is working and I intend to 
eventually have it all operable.  I plan to rotate the REAL HAM gear through 
as boatanchor stations and if I have room, try to duplicate some of the 
"sets" from the Hallicrafters  equipment flyers.  

One thing I am doing to try forestall the dumpster syndrome in the event of 
my demise is to come up with a full inventory including make, model, serial 
number, date and cost at acquisition, approximate worth today and source of 
acquisition.  This is not only a great thing to have for family use in 
disposition of the equipment, but invaluable for insurance purposes.  A copy 
should be filed in a safe place and one given to your insurance agent.  Also, 
keep it up to date, easy to do if you mark it up the minute it comes in the 
door. If you do this in a spread sheet computer program, it makes it very 
easy to add and delete items as well as getting updated printouts. I have 
also made a separate inventory for tools, test equipment and parts.

This may seem like a lot of work, but in a case I observed recently, it 
should make it easier for all concerned. A gentleman who really had a huge 
and well maintained collection passed away suddenly. His widow was advised by 
friends on pricing his equipment for sale.  In all too many instances, these 
prices were equal to or higher than seen on the unmentionable auction site. 
To make matters worse, she added a bit more on top of that. The result was 
that it took a very long time to dispose of the estate and there were a few 
items left up to the day she sold the house and moved.    

This is my two cents, but I personally think that making a list is a good 
idea.  As for me, well the friends who helped me move in here are all 
patients at the chiropractors now so I expect I will have to recruit the 
local high school football team next time.

73,  

John,  W4AWM