[AMRadio] some items needed

[Brett Gazdzinski]

John,
That is a good idea.

I went a slightly different route.

I have two friends close, both hams and into the big 'junk'.

We all have an agreement that in the event of something happening,
one of the other guys (or both) would have first pick, and help
in disposing of the unwanted stuff for a reasonable price.
No dumpsters.

Both the other guys have some nice goodies, vintage stuff and 
many parts like big mod iron.
I have a few nice vintage things and a lot of nice home brew
stuff, and some parts and tubes and so on.
Its junk to my wife, but I tell her its worth something
to some people.
She was surprised when I sold my Collins 30K-1, I got enough
to pay the taxes, had some left over and also got a KWM2A
in part trade!
To her it was an ugly thing in the basement.

Very nice transmitter, but I did not use it enough, and like the 
home brew stuff better.

I tend to get rid of anything I don't use for more than
6 months.
I have gotten rid of ...

globe king 500c
kws-1
75a4
75s1
30k-1
Drake r4b
hw101
51s-1
globe scout
nc300
nc303
multi elmac af67
r388
32v1
Viking valiant
Viking 2
all the modern kenwood and icom stuff (yuk!)
And lots of other stuff!

I kept the...

r390a
Scott slrm
halicrafters sx17
gonset g76
kwm2a
dx100 (cause its broke)
both 32v3,s
all the home brew stuff.

Almost always sold it for less than I paid for it, or
traded it for something.

I really love the stuff I have left, except maybe the kwm2a.
ssb...yuk! but it looks like a radio and its tubes...


Brett
N2DTS
 
 
> 
> <<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