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At 05:11 PM 6/18/2018, jbrannig wrote:
>Unless you use tube gear for CW contesting......

And tube gear can be repaired for a long time to come since standard 
parts are used.
Try to fix a solid state rig containing IC's produced for a specific 
production or time frame
and you are out of luck.

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>Mark D.  WW2RDO wrote:
>Bet you don't find a lot of vacuum tube gear still being used. If 
>vacuum tube stuff were easy to keep operating, everybody could do 
>it.? The latest, greatest wiz bag gear is easy to get and use if you 
>have the money to do it.? Where's the fun in that?? I feel sorry for 
>the guys who don't use the old gear.?
>Keep 'em glowing