[Boatanchors] Question

[Duane Fischer, W8DBF]

Hey Mike,

Would you do me, and all present and future list subscribers, a favor?

Would you please be so kind as to cut/paste the relevant information from 
the plethora of replies and put them into a single document? Then either 
you, or I, can post it to this list. By doing so Mike, the post will go into 
the Boat Anchors list archives where it should remain available via a search 
for about five years. Hence, when this question comes up again, and trust 
me - almost every question is asked multiple times, some moreso then others, 
one of the subscribers can suggest to the person to go to the HHI web site, 
find the archive search option on the home page, select it and search anyone 
of several available boat anchor related archives.

Please send me a copy also Mike! I want to put it in my own vintage radio 
archive database for future distribution to those in need! Currently I have 
over a thousand Q/A on file there.

It has always puzzled me as to why some energetic soul has not gone through 
a particular list archives, such as Boat Anchors, deleted non-helpful posts, 
edited out the technical or cosmetic or general Q/A radio info posts and put 
them on a CD. However, having done this for the HHRP - Historic Halligan 
Radio Project, which took me twenty-two months of hard work, I can 
understand "why" very few radio hobbyists would want to commit that amount 
of time, possibly more, to doing such a project!

Which is one reason that I, as I suspect many others do too, do selectively 
pick various Q/A and how to or where to find posts and save them in our own 
databases.

I have said it many times before, and I say it again now: This list, as well 
as the Hallicrafters, Heathkit, Hammarlund, Drake, Collins etc. lists have 
an absolute gold mine of technical and historical information courtesy of 
the various and sundry brilliant technically oriented Hams, learned 
historians, incredibally adept restoration guys and assortment of general 
radio data people who know something about everything ever built or even 
drempt of! We NEED to save this information gentlemen! None of us are 
getting any younger and when I "look" at the Hams following behind most of 
us who are at least fifty+, I just do not seen many who are technically 
inclined or gifted. Other then in perhaps Computer Science. But to I, a real 
radio has its own distinctive scent, glow through the ventilation holes of 
the cabinet and feel when you turn the tuning knob. It is NOT a push button 
for memory #12 and get wide band FM or whatever.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike WE0H" <we0h at yahoo.com>
To: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2008 3:43 PM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Question


>I believe it was something about running feedlines into the house easily 
>yet keep them waterproof?
> Sure got a lot of technical info out in front us with this thread. Well 
> worth the hours of typing...hi hi...
>
> Mike
>
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> Duane Fischer, W8DBF wrote:
>> Somewhere I missed the original question, but whatever it was, you guys 
>> have certainly had a great time riding this radio quadraped around the 
>> ole Radio Rodeo arena! (chuckle)
>>
>> Have fun -
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