[Boatanchors] Re: QTH NET raffle

[J.D. Mac Aulay, WQ8U]

This is a very difficult and delicate issue so I will
try to address it simply.  The donation of an
IC756PRO3 for the fund raising activity to help the
QTH NET is very generous and the activity is certainly
meritorius so both are to be applauded.  

However, this is the "BOATANCHOR" board. The IC756
appears to me to be the antithesis of a Boatanchor. 
It is like offering Tofu to a carnivore.  I would be
much more excited and motivated if the prize was a
Johnson Desk KW or BC-610 or similar classic
Boatanchor.

While the option is available to take cash in place of
the rice box rig, that reduces the incentive to a much
more mundane and generic level.  When it is reduced to
a monitary prize, the issue of number of chances
becomes more important because it is now a statistical
analysis and risk decision, not an exciting 
emotionally driven impulse decision.  Not that I would
turn down $2,500 but is not the same as a classic
Boatanchor.  A check does not glow in the dark - even
though it is believed by some that money will burn a
hole in your pocket!

That's my $0.02 worth - or is it $15.00 worth?

Mac
WQ8U

Now for the shameless plug for the CX:
As the rules for the CLASSIC EXCHANGE "CX", which will
be held FEBRUARY 13, 2005, say: Modern rigs may be
used but boatanchors have an advantage.