[Boatanchors] Real radio

[SBJohnston@aol.com]

Les wrote:

>Nice post.
>Once, when I was a high school senior, I had some 
>component start oozing hot wax on the table. 
>I shut the station down, got out a fan,
> opened up the rig, replaced the part, and 2 
>associated ones which I guessed had caused the failure 
>of "wax-man," left the cabinet open, fired it up, and 
>the guy I was working was still there 12 minutes later,
>and we finished the QSO. It was kind of like driving
>the Indy 500 and making it through...
>And no UPS shipping to Icom.

That's it exactly.  It is SO satisfying to recognize the trouble, have the parts, and fix it right NOW.  

Steve  WD8DAS

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