[ARC5] Radio Collectors, Father Time and "Basket Cases"

[D. Platt]

Case in Point:

This past wekend, a bunch of us had occasion to help a senior OP clean 
out his hobby building (yes, a real building....).  Weeks ago, we all 
divied up the real nicer vintage equipment and are working on it, at 
this time.  Returning to finish the promised job, there were countless 
items that, were it a few years ago, would have been scarfed up in a 
heartbeat.  Not the case, however, with our group of mostly older gents 
(sic).  There were beat-up BC-779's, some Brit VHF equipment, countless 
AM marine radios, et al.  These went into the designated pick-up truck, 
destined for I know not where.  We had promised to get the good stuff 
working and not Ebay it, etc, which we won't.

I was offered a Hallicrafters S-37 that had a patina of rust on it. No 
thank you.  There was a National something-another, also simply too far 
gone for an investment in time by most of us.  Somebody got them... not 
me.  Mind you, I WILL go the extra mile-and-a-quarter to get some things 
going.  Its just that I won't take on everything that falls in front of 
me, not anymore.  Even some (but not all) the stuff with good parts 
possibilities?  No... got bins and bins of that....

But... there were some chassis and panels with some nice panel meters... 
Hmmm...  Maybe I can call and see if they've gone to that County 
facility, or not?

Regards

Jeep - K3HVG