[Boatanchors] WHERE HAVE ALL THE HELPERS GONE?

[shoppa_boatanchors at trailing-edge.com]

"Dick KF4NS" <kf4nsradio at verizon.net> wrote:
> To take a line from that old song of the 60's (....flowers gone), I miss all 
> the great technical help on this fine list.
>
> Over the past couple weeks I have posted requests for help with tube tester 
> alignment and classic microphone design and not one reply. I  guess everyone 
> is busy getting into the groove for the new year and hobby is taking a back 
> seat. I hope that our great technicians will find a little spare time in the 
> near future. I sure miss them.
>
> Thanks and 73, Dick KF4NS
> St Petersburg, FL 33714 USA
> Keep The Glow! 

For some reason I do not fully comprehend, this list does not get 
a lot of friendly technical replies. I suspect that some questions
here get answered off-list, which is a shame because in many (most!)
cases I would be curious to know how the problem was resolved.

Now, this isn't always the case. I've read some very interesting
stuff here and learned a lot. I've also offered my ideas/experiences/
knowledge where I can.

There are some more focused technical/user groups out there (many
on qth.net) that do a better job at making the discussions be public
and less "one way shouting". Perhaps just plain "boatanchors", which
covers about a half-century of radios and equipment from the homebrew
to the high-end, is too broad to get this often.

Tim.