[Boatanchors] IC-775 or IC-775DSP

[Bob Scupp]

Todd and Bob-

Perhaps we can settle on a new title? How about
ssanchor (solid state anchor)-HI, HI! Or maybe there
are other suggestions.

Good observation and thought.

Bob K5SEP

--- "Todd, KA1KAQ" <ka1kaq at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 6/13/06, AD5VJ  Bob <rtnmi at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> > Is the IC-775 considered a Boatanchor yet?
> >
> >   73 fer nw,
> > Bob AD5VJ(AAR6VM)
> 
> The accepted definition of 'boatanchor' as I
> understand it involves
> old, heavy, vacuum tube gear like the DX-100 and so
> on. The Yaecomwood
> rigs that sometimes show up on this list weren't
> even designed when
> the term was coined, Collins KWM-2 or Drake size
> gear being the new,
> preferred norm.
> 
> This isn't based on my experience mind you, but
> comes from being set
> straight by some of the OTs in the club I onced
> belonged to. When we
> had a club auction and some of the new
> whipper-snappers stated that
> the use of boatanchor had come into being in the
> 80s, one fellow piped
> up that it was used a good 20 years or more before
> that, and several
> others agreed. This was in response to someone with
> a Yaesu FTdx
> something who made the original assertion.
> 
> And, regardless of how heavy it was, no solid-state
> rig could possibly
> qualify as a boatanchor because it wasn't around
> when the term was
> first being applied, and lacked vacuum tubes. Even
> the Collins S-Line
> stuff was more of a rowboat anchor, in their
> estimation.
> 
> Super Pros, A-Line gear, Big Heathkits, SX-28s and
> so on were the
> basis for the original application, as I understand
> it. Most of these
> guys were in their 50s-60s back then, one even gave
> me a TDQ some
> years later and said "now THIS is a boatanchor!".
> 
> So to paraphrase them, they don't make boatanchors
> anymore and haven't
> for some time. Which leaves it wide open for you to
> come up with an
> entirely new terminology, like 'doorstop' for the
> newer technology
> items.  (o:
> 
> de Todd/'Boomer'  KA1KAQ (ex AAR1HO)
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