[Boatanchors] My Station Is For Sale
Gregory W. Moore
[email protected]
Sun, 27 Apr 2003 15:16:55 -0400
Duane,
As someone who did the same thing, years ago, I urge you not to sell
the equipment. When I came home from the military, 34 years ago, I
managed to scrape together enough cash to put down a payment on the home
we still occupy. I also moved in, lock, stock, and boatanchors.
Included were 2 Eico 753's, a KWM-2 . a 75S1, and some homebrew stuff. I
happily erected some inverted vee's and a couple of verticals and
happily began to make QSO's.
My equipment was clean, yet, I had a neighbor who decided that the
sheer presence of the equipment was heard in her telephone, and also
caused the TV to go erratic, notwithstanding the fact that the
transmitter end of the coax cables were laying in plain sight on the
back roof.
There was so much trouble made, including a lawsuit against me, that
I YES, sold all of this wonderful gear for pennies on the dollar, only
keeping my keys, because my lightning bug was presented to me by the
Navy when I got my speed key certificate.
Years passed, and I operated other's stations simply to keep my hand
in, bought an R390 and ran a stealth longwire in the small area between
the roof and the upstairs ceiling (row home, long narrow lot). My
interests turned to other pursuits, until an auto accident caused me to
become disabled with spinal injuries. Since the FAA takes a dim view of
closed head injuries and commercial pilots, as well as the image of a
slowly walking fellow with a couple of canes getting into an aircraft,
well, that was gone too. I know what depression feels like, and man, it
isn't good!!
I realized that I had to do something to occupy yself, and keep
"working" as I am only, at this writing, 56, and thus need regular times
to keep myself from going nutz. --hi-- but since us boatanchor guys are
nutz anyway, I decided to put this to good use.
Then I made my decision, to hell with what others think (yup, you
guessed it, the same idjits still live next door. Well, I bought a Icom
IC-746 PRO, erected a GAP Titan DX Vertical, and am currently restoring
(YES) 2 Eico 753's, which is a s l o w project. I also have a R392, a
couple of URA-17s and my teletype gear which I am also restoring. I just
get others to help lift.
Once again, I was given a problem by the neighbors, but this time, I
knew what to do with interference problems. I fought back, with the
local club, the FCC, and managed to put them in their place. Like you,
I am on a fixed income, but I refuse to give up the one thing which I
can still find pleasure in so doing.
I urge you, don't get down about this. If you wish to stop for a
while, then do so, but DO NOT sell your equipment. The years you have
put into it can never be recovered in monetary terms, and antennas can
be rebuilt. I have to get others to help with my antennas, I can't
climb. I urge you to reconsider your choice before you sell off your
fine, comfortable set of boatanchors. Once gone, they are irrecoverable..
73 and don't give up the ship OM!!
Greg Moore WA3IVX / NNN0BVN
Duane Fischer, W8DBF wrote:
>
>Once again, the legal system penalizes the innocent and protects the guilty.
>Today I spent $300 for an attorney to tell me that my antenna destruction
>incident is a rock solid case, but cost prohibitive to pursue. I can not recover
>any legal fees or associated costs from the guilty parties and the costs
>associated with a civil suit against them to recover the damages will easily
>exceed the total of the damages. Yes, I could beat them in small claims court,
>but would probably never collect a cent.
>
>Simply put, I win, but end up paying more than I can collect, if I ever collect
>it.
>
>I am so disgusted, that I have decided to sell my radio equipment. The joy I
>felt is gone. My happy dreams have been transformed into nightmares by
>irresponsible neighbors. Their blunders have already cost me nearly two thousand
>dollars, and that is money I can not afford to be throwing away when I am on a
>fixed income.
>
>As many of you know, I do not use Hallicrafters for NCS operations. My vintage
>gear is all used for listening. Hence, I will not list the solid state items, or
>tube amplifiers, here. Write me direct for a list of that equipment and prices.
>
>
>When the three towers and nine antenna systems are taken down in June, I will
>post them here for sale. I am keeping two short-wave antennas and several
>receivers for SW listening. No Ham gear will remain.
>
>Although I have never subscribed to the philosophy that Hell was actually here
>on Earth, sometimes it does make one wonder -
>
>Duane Fischer, W8DBF
>
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Greg Moore NNN0BVN PA
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