[Boatanchors] Landed on my doorstep

[Ray Friess]

I guess we shouldnt be TOO hard on the new generation.   Their 
"ignorance" can sometimes
be our "bliss" or windfall.

I have had several occasions where friends who own repair shops .... and 
even customers ...
have told me that they dont know anything about tubes ... wont work on 
tube equipment...
and dont want to do either.    I've even had one person remark that he 
didnt even know WHAT
a tube was.... (imagine trying to contain my reaction) ....  He'd never 
ever seen a glowing filament.
     As a result, they have given me for NOTHING or next to nothing .... 
a few fine amps and
other radio equipment, which I have easily and happily repaired and 
either used or sold or traded.
     I have one 500 watt amp in the shack that I got for TWENTY BUCKS 
because it is tubed...




Troglodite at aol.com wrote:

>Chuck,
> 
>There is a great deal of truth in what you say. Today's generation is not  
>interested in old technology and find it difficult to understand why we are.  
>There are a few, but not enough. I sought out some young person to whom I could  
>will my few pieces, but had a hard time finding anyone.
> 
>You can find people interested in history, as long as they can read it on  
>the Internet or see it on TV, but when it comes to "hands on" history, that's  
>another matter. I work in an engineering department with four other engineers,  
>and only one of them knows ANYTHING about vacuum tubes. Unfortunately, that 
>one  doesn't care anymore. :-)
> 
>Someone else remarked that the end of the vacuum tube era was also probably  
>the end of the repairable electronics era. Modern electronics either cannot be 
> repaired, isn't worth being repaired, or the parts are not available. Little 
>is  made in this country anymore. I guess we need to cherish what we have as 
>long as  we can.
> 
>Doug Moore
> 
>
>  
>
>>I was talking with  a fellow ham 
>>    
>>
>friend and BA enthusiast  the other day and we were wondering out  loud if 
>ours 
>is perhaps the  last generation to recover and restore the  relics.  I hope 
>not,  but there are fewer and fewer who seem to possess  the knowledge or 
>will  
>take the time to learn.  At least every saved  and restored rig  might have 
>the 
>chance to end up in a  museum or collection as opposed  to the trash heap.  
>Those 
>hidden away in  basements, barns and  attics will likely never see light of 
>day again.  What  a shame!  <
> 
> 
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