[Boatanchors] You never know what you'll find in a boatanchor manual

[Peter Markavage]

Heathkit issued several mods/errata/bulletins against the DX-100. QST had
about 20 articles on "improving" the DX-100. Electric Radio had 2 or 3.
CQ had about 6 or 7.

Since I'm a "collector of manuals", over the years I've found lots of
strange and unusual "things" stuck between the pages. One strange one was
a check from the US Government to a Private in the Army for 10 cents.
Can't remember if the date on the check was 1949 or 1952 but it was one
of the two. In some Gonset manuals, I found the actual picture proofs
that were used for some magazine advertising or at least that's what was
marked on them. I've found letters/envelopes in some, letter dialogues
between customer and equipment manufacturer, cut out newspaper articles
from the 30's, 40's, 50's, coupons from places that no longer exist, and
tons of scrap paper with notes on them. Still looking for manual that has
the 100 dollar bill stuck in it.

Pete, wa2cwa
http://www.manualman.com

On Thu, 01 Feb 2007 21:39:16 -0500 "Bob Young" <youngbob53 at msn.com>
writes:
> Sorry about this long winded story, but I'm a brand new tech (taking 
> the 
> general the 17th) and I'm getting a DX-100 ready to fire up that I 
> bought 
> last year from an estate in anticipation of passing the general. I 
> had 
> glanced at the manual but never really looked at it well. I took it 
> out 
> tonight to read it as the 100 is out of the case and I'm checking 
> the tubes 
> etc. I found an original letter dated 6-8-63 to the Heath Co. 
> stapled in the 
> manual along with the response from Heath dated 6-10-63 (like to see 
> that 
> happen today), from Ed Borezo Jr. K1SHH asking for info on mods for 
> this 
> transmitter to change it to a B. They wrote back and advised against 
> 
> changing it as I guess it would involve extensive modifications (or 
> they 
> just wanted to sell another transmitter) anyway I checked with the 
> ARRL and 
> the guy is living in Fla and is still active after all these years. 
> He was 
> originally from a city about ten minutes from here and I bought it 
> from a 
> city about an hour from here. He has no e-mail or at least it's not 
> listed 
> so I wrote him a nice letter telling him his old transmitter will 
> soon be on 
> the airwaves again (If I don't blow it up, hi!) and I enclosed his 
> original 
> letter, I kind of wanted to keep it but after some thought felt it 
> would be 
> selfish of me to keep it and he would probably get a big kick out of 
> seeing 
> his 43 year old letter to Heath. I'll let you guys know if he 
> responds,
> 
> Bob Young
> Millbury, Ma
> KB1OKL