[Boatanchors] INFLATION

[Carl Huether]

Hey Todd, Mr Irrelevant hisself has spoken, must be the 3-4 posts all day on
the list have taken up too much bandwidth.

Tell me more about the Myerson auction? I never bothered much with Globe
gear, my elders/mentors/elmers always told me it was garbage.
I remember asking about a Globe King and was told it was a horrible TVI
generator; this was back in the late 50's. By that time I was already
building my own amps and modulators and terrozing all the neighbors TV sets.

There was a town party when I joined the Navy and left (:
For good actually; when I got out I went to work for National and pretty
much stayed in New England. Anything was better than NYC-LI.

Later
Carl



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> Carl Huether wrote:
> <snip>
>
> >  And its not even real; fiberglass
> > bodies, custom frames, billet everything and the like are enough to make
me
> > puke.
> >
> > My boatanchor attitude is similar. I have never owned one defined as a
> > perfect restoration and I dont intend to waste my energy trying now.
> > My goal is to restore electrically and even add some "improvements" to
make
> > actually USING them enjoyable.
> > Will my R390A's ever get a  panels or cabinets....not while I own them.
All
> > my other gear gets the same treatment.
> >
> > BUT, if some big bucks type wants to offer me 10 large for my SX88 then
I
> > would certainly be highly tempted. Any one else would also since it is
not a
> > spectacular radio. In fact, and this will certainly slam some cheeks
> > together, Hallicrafters never built a spectacular radio.
> > Why some of the junk they built gets such high prices on EBay escapes
me.
> > But the same can be said about old Fords.
>
> Exactly, Carl - too many trailer queens out there already. Cars were made
to be
> drivien and radios were meant to be used. How anyone can get enjoyment
from
> looking at a dormant piece of equipment that is only alive when running is
> totally beyond me. To each his own.
>
> My use of Barrett Jackson was more analogous with the 'ePay is IT'
attitude some
> seem to have. I suppose if your only goal is to get one and money is no
object,
> then sure. The likelihood of finding any rare item, vehicle or radio, is
pretty
> slim. But if you don't even look beyond the most obvious, convenient
avenues,
> then it's non-existant. A needle in a haystack may be hard to find, but if
you
> never go anywhere near hay....
>
> As far as restoring a piece of gear, any work I do along those lines is
always
> done to make the item useful, as you say. I don't mind doing mods as long
as it
> doesn't require drilling, blasting, or a Sawzall. I can't paint worth a
damn, so
> the cleaner the item is the better for me. If it has a few scratches,
chips, or
> other character marks, so be it. It's all part of the history. I'm going
to use
> these things afterall, not place them on a shelf with a plastic bag over
them
> for worship. I like radios, not large paperweights.
>
> As far as the Hallicrafters rigs, I like some of them just fine. But
again, as
> you mentioned - spectacular? Nah. IMHO, the SX-115 is a better radio than
the
> SX-88, but even then it doesn't have 160. It should be, it's a decade more
> advanced. Spectacular radios are few and far between, certainly not all
the
> Collins models are such simply by the name on them. The R-390 comes to
mind and
> a few others, but not most of the ones generally associated with the
definition.
> What I like the most about my radios (like the SX-28A) is that they are
FUN and
> I enjoy using them. Looking at them only makes me wish I had more time to
spin
> the knobs and wear out some of the tubes.
>
> What it all comes down to in the end is this: life is short. If you've got
it,
> spend it. Enjoy it, or the things you desire, while you can. "You cant
take it
> with you" doesn't apply simply to dying, the old folks homes aren't gonna
let
> you drag it all in there either. You can send them to a museum and hope
that it
> lasts longer than the one Leo Meyerson set up in Nebraska a few years back

> (wonder how those people who donated gear like seeing it on epay?) or you
can
> leave it to someone and hope they'll do the right thing by it. Best thing
to me
> is to smoke 'em if ya got 'em. The world has enough doorstops. And if you
can
> afford to pay whatever you want or whatever it takes, all the better for
you.
>
> de Todd/'Boomer'  KA1KAQ
>
> BTW, I am not trying to imply that Leo solicited gear from people for his
museum
> project and then put it on epay. I doubt he had any control over it and
probably
> as much input. The museum is auctioning the gear, so once again - beware!
> They're willing to accept your donation, just don't think it will mean as
much
> to them as the money it could bring in.
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