[Boatanchors] Radios, and N.O.S. tubes

Thu Aug 24 18:55:16 EDT 2006

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Duane Fischer, W8DBF" <dfischer at usol.com>
To: <ka2hlw at netzero.net>; <Boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 3:38 PM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Radios, and N.O.S. tubes

> Reminds me of my ex-wife's yard sale last century. Actually the summer of 
> 1979. She had some stuff on tables that should have been hidden inside a 
> plain brown paper sack and then burried in the trash can underneath cans, 
> bottles and garbage! Then hopefully picked up by the trash dude with a 
> blind assistant!
>
> I remember a small tube type AM tabletop radio she asked me what to charge 
> for? Now this radio was what the kids now refer to as "hit", as in got 
> kissed by a Mack truck! It had cosmetics indicating it had been in a 
> serious rock fire fight, and lost! A knob was gone, the plastic was coated 
> with paint that had more cracks in it than a legal document, the power 
> cord was just waiting for the right person to plug in the radio so it 
> could ignite and go POOF ... She wanted to sell this thing?
>
> I told her it was worthless and besides that it was an electrical hazard. 
> My advice was to throw it in the trash. You can guess the rest, right? She 
> sold that darn thing for $4 to somebody! Then sold a coffee pot with 
> pieces of the strainer missing for $6 to some 'lucky' yard sale trooper! I 
> guess the worse it looks, the more they want the stuff! The nice wood end 
> table and solid Oak chest of drawers was totally ignored, but some 
> cardboard like material little table with dark brown spots on it, 
> scratches, dents and one leg shortened by an encounter with who knows 
> what. Now that sold for $15! And people were charging it to buy it!
>
> If beauty truly is in the eye of the beholder, than I believe we have a 
> lot more blind people roaming the streets than the supposed 1.5% of the 
> population!
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <ka2hlw at netzero.net>
> To: <Boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 5:16 PM
> Subject: [Boatanchors] Radios, and N.O.S. tubes
>
>
>> Hi Group,
>>   Not all sellers are like the ones that are described in past posts.
>> BUT, there are a few (or likely more than a few) sellers that will say
>> anything to get the top dollar for their broken radios, or used tubes.
>> Just because the tube has an original box doesn't make it N.O.S., and
>> this "hesitation" to visually inspect a radio's insides, or to plug it
>> in to verify its electrical condition should raise red flags in your
>> minds as to its actual condition. At a hamfest, the club sponsoring
>> the 'fest should have a "test bench" with basic test equipment(vom,
>> dmm, freq counter, dummy load/swr/power meter, 12vdc supply, a/c mains
>> access). The Montgomery Al. 'fest has had a table with this stuff for
>> years.
>>   I actually had a seller be totally honest with me at the Huntsville
>> Al. 'fest last weekend. There was a Hallicrafters SX-130 sitting on a
>> table with a $20 price tag on it. This was definitely not a normal
>> price for this radio, so I asked what was wrong with it. The seller
>> said that when he plugged it in to test it, he let the smoke out of
>> it! It was D.O.A., and he knew it and priced it accordingly, he said.
>> I was pleasantly surprised when he said that he would take $10 for it
>> so he wouldn't have to lug it home. Who could refuse this bargain from
>> an honest man? So, I have a winter project now, and some of my faith
>> restored about buying used equipment from a stranger. This one deal
>> made the whole hamfest worthwhile. There are honest sellers out there,
>> and I'm glad I met one.
>>
>>        TNX FM FRED - W4FJF/NNN0QAA REGION FOUR, 73
>> AMATEUR RADIO IS A NATIONAL RESOURCE, NOT "JUST A HOBBY".
>> NAVMARCORPSMARS MEMBER,"PROUDLY SERVING THOSE WHO SERVE".
>> A FOOL'S PARADISE IS A WISE MAN'S HELL.
>>
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