[Boatanchors] Re: Landed on my doorstep

[Ray Friess]

WOW... isn't that magnanimous and thoughtful of him??    HI HI


flood at Krohne.com wrote:

>Gary,
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>You don't REALLY want this do you?   It's heavy, dirty, and will take up 
>loads of your valuable time. You'll cut yourself on sharp corners and burn 
>yourself on hot tubes and soldering equipment.   I'll be happy to load it 
>in my truck and take it away for you saving you all of the above mentioned 
>problems and the disposal hassle as well. 
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>John Flood
>TASC Department
>KROHNE, Inc
>7 Dearborn Rd.
>Peabody, MA   01960
>Tel.:  978-535-6060 / 800-356-9464
>Fax:   978-535-8180
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>boatanchors-request at mailman.qth.net
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>03/18/2005 10:58 AM
>Please respond to boatanchors
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>        Subject:        Boatanchors Digest, Vol 14, Issue 22
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>Message: 1
>Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 07:46:59 -0500
>From: "GBrown" <gkbrown at gwi.net>
>Subject: [Boatanchors] Landed on my doorstep
>To: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
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>>Well, a van backed up to my shop, opened the door and unloaded a
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>SP-600JX-1
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>>with all sorts of manuals. I would give this receiver a 6 on the 10 
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>scale.
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>>No cabinet, all the rite knobs and not rusted. It has been setting in 
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>this
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>>guys basement, in a rack, since 1956. Yes, 49 years. WOW, that's a long
>>time. I can see no mods or cap changes. It looks like a good, next 
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>winter
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>>project. I will not plug it in or try to fire it up. As a kid, I 
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>remember
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>>using one of these at the "MARS" station, near my house. I thought these
>>were the cats meow, compared to the Lafayette KT-200 I was using. NOW,
>>should I pursue the restoration on this fine piece of history? Is the
>>performance as good as I remember, when I was a kid. The manuals I got
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>>it, include, servicing, preventative maintenance, trouble shooting,
>>etc...etc...along with a bunch of foldouts with point to point wiring 
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>and
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>>component ID. There is also a manual with a complete section by section 
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>>mechanical exploded views and parts identifications. Looks like I have 
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>all
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>>the info I need to do a restoration. What's ur thoughts?
>>Regards,
>>Gary...WZ1M
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