[Boatanchors] Anyone Noticed

[Carl]

Hey, watch it sonny, I dont reach genuine old grouch status for almost 
another 5 months!

Carl
KM1H


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Todd, KA1KAQ" <ka1kaq at gmail.com>
To: "Carl" <km1h at jeremy.mv.com>
Cc: <wrcromwell at gmail.com>; <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, July 23, 2010 1:00 PM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Anyone Noticed


> Supply of the more common stuff (probably 85-90% of the gear) is
> continuing to overwhelm demand and it's only going to increase. No one
> coming behind as as I've been warning folks for years. I can count on
> one hand the 30somethings I know who are interested in radio and have
> fingers left over. I think some of the folks who saw old radios as
> great financial 'investments' are finally waking up and accepting less
> now rather than a lot less later. My guess is that the economy has far
> more impact on buyers than sellers at this point, but who knows for
> sure?
>
> The "younger" group (40s-50s) who can still wrassle these things
> around without minding too much will have plenty to choose from over
> the next few years as more stuff becomes available from those who have
> left us, moved to smaller quarters, or are just sick of trying to move
> a 32V across the room.
>
> Guys like you are the exception, Carl. You're like my dad, 70something
> going on 50. You guys will start to slow down in your 90s. At 49, I
> have days when a 32V feels like a box of oranges, and others when it
> feels like a block of granite. Trying to get all the ridiculous crap
> out of my system before the body really starts going to hell. I wasn't
> kind to it over the years.
>
> ~ Todd/KAQ
>
> On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 12:30 PM, Carl <km1h at jeremy.mv.com> wrote:
>> There sure are plenty of bargains on Ebay these days.
>>
>> I recently landed a nice NC-300 at a BIN of $100 and it had already been 
>> on
>> for 5 days. When it arrived it included the XCU-300 plus a XCU-27 
>> calibrator
>> and a clean original manual.