Fw: Re: [Boatanchors] NOS

[david freeman]

I think the point's being missed, and I agree with Larry completely.
(Sellers advertising capability in one auction and no capability in
another abound.) If you research a sellers history, you'll frequently
find guys that advertise "tested, guaranteed" in one auction and
"unable to test" in another. I also love the ones that say,
"Doesn't power up, but probably just something simple in the power
supply". It's best to assume it's severly broken and buy it real
cheap or move on.

Dave, WW8S


> ----- Original Message -----
> From: windy10605 at juno.com
> To: Boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Fw: Re: [Boatanchors] NOS
> Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 07:53:32 -0500
> 
> 
> That's right !  Bringing it up carefully/slowly with a variac AFTER a
> quick inspection is OK. I've been told many times by someone who bought a
> radio that they plugged it in and sure enough it did "light up" ...and
> "smoke up" as the electrolytic or come series component to it drew
> "excessive" current. If the seller does not know to do this, I'd just as
> soon they didn't try it out. There are also people out there who just got
> something at a garage sale or out of granny's attic and really don't know
> how to take it apart. I know that's difficult for most members on this
> reflector to believe   ....but they are out there, not handy at all, use
> screwdrivers as chisels, or as pry bars to move a refrigerator (ruining
> the floor in the process).
> 
> 73 Kees K5BCQ
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: <pmills7 at houston.rr.com>
> To: <Boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
> Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 04:41:06 -0500
> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] NOS
> Message-ID: <000d01c6c761$6c389340$6401a8c0 at w5bvb>
> References: <44ED1AFE.4020608 at att.net>
> 
> In my opinion, turning on a piece of equipment that has sat unused for
> years
> just to "see if it lights up" is about as bad and as stupid of a thing as
> is
> possible
> to do.
> 
> 73, Phil
> W5BVB
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <telegrapher at att.net>
> To: <Boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2006 10:20 PM
> Subject: [Boatanchors] NOS
> 
> 
> > I'd like for someone to tell me how all the sellers on that auction
> place
> > that can't turn on a radio or remove screws in a cabinet or 
> > chassis to look inside the radio, "because i don't want to damage 
> > it", can sell
> tubes
> > graded NOS.  What makes them NOS versus plain old used? How can they
> tell
> > Which way is which way?  I must be getting to old to understand 
> > these experts line of thought.
> >
> > Larry
> > W0OGH
> >
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