[Boatanchors] Interesting Boatanchor Site

telegrapher at att.net telegrapher at att.net
Thu Mar 23 14:07:22 EST 2006


What bothers me is the amount of weight that must be imposed on those 
radios at the bottom or the stacks.  Nothing that that really tickles 
me.  Lots of money tied up.  At least i'm not quite that bad.

Larry
W0OGH


doc wrote:

>> Form your own conclusions. I guess I really don't have many radios 
>> after all.
>> http://members.cox.net/wa6mhz/
>> Dave N7RK
> 
> 
> In a free society if he has the money and wants to
> hoard the rigs it is 'permissible'.
> 
> He uses the term "museum" somewhere, perhaps he would
> accept the offer of some assistance in digitally
> documenting the rigs and the manuals for a true virtual
> museum, I doubt he wants people tramping through his home!
> 
> Given the rare historic value of some of that gear
> I wish he would find a true museum where it might be
> preserved and displayed for all to see -- and preferably
> a working museum where others might also use the gear.
> 
> I worry that he may, like another Ham who posted a
> similar Web page years back, end up losing more than
> he has amassed because he neglected his family in
> pursuit of his radio obsession.
> 
> That Ham lost over half of his radios in the divorce.
> This one notes that he has a window obscured by one
> stack of gear and that has his wife upset "Danger
> Will Robinson!"  (Lost In Space)
> 
> A well-lived life includes attention to balance.
> 


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