[ARC5] T-17 on eBay crying in my beer

[Kenneth G. Gordon]

On 1 Aug 2014 at 18:15, Tom Bridgers wrote:

> Wanted to fess up too.  Also saw this gem, and was very tempted to bid. But
> didn't because I thought the pa Padder had been hacked AND it looked like the pa
> variable cap was out of round probably due to missing or broken insulators. Then
> I figured the VFO coil had been hacked...  So I didn't bid either.

Well, I just plain forgot about it.......much to my extreme distress.... :-(

> My consoling thought is that I'm so far behind in my ARC-5 projects that I'd
> never gotten to it anyway.  At 72, how many projects can I complete before I
> really kick the bucket.?

Well, I'm 72 also, and plan to get a few more finished before I kick off: I've 
waited too long to get to them to let them go now.

> Still having fun with ARC-5s since 1954, Tom KE4RHH

1956 in my case...

vy 73, Tom.

Ken W7EKB