[Boatanchors] New official acronym

[Morris Dillingham]

I dunno.  I feel like I am developing a warehouse of parts and =
boatanchors.
(albeit a small one) :-)

Morris=20

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[mailto:boatanchors-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Ed Berbari
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One reason we all love our boatanchors is that we can get inside them, =
fix=20
them, modify them, and give them the love that they need.  Parts are not =
yet

a major problem.

I just read an article in the latest issue of the IEEE Spectrum =
Magazine.=20
Seems that all of the modern stuff is causing great problems for the=20
military since they must keep warehouses full of no longer made =
components.=20
Part of the problem is that the military now uses a lot of commercial =
stuff=20
which leaves the market place fairly quickly.  The new acronym is DMSMS: =

Diminishing manufacturing sources and material shortages.

Obviously not a problem for us!

Ed, W9EJB=20


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