[Boatanchors] Question For Today

[Jack Taylor]

 Chuck, I gotta chuckle out of your succinct description of what most of us no doubt go through when attempting to
repair our treasures!  

Cheers to the family during this merchandising season!

Jack - N7OO


from: Chuck Gallup 
  To: Jack Taylor ; Boatanchors at mailman.qth.net 
  Cc: Chuck Gallup 
  Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2011 6:28 PM
  Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Question For Today


  Jack:

  I have to go thru several stages prior to working on or fixing a boatanchor:
  1.   Toss the junk/trash piled in front of the workshop door out of the way so I can get into my workshop.
  2.   Figure out which of the three workbenches buried under household, garden or ham treasures (junk) I'll use.
  3.   Then hope I find a clear space on that workbench after I throw away all the broken, bent, or ruined junk I've thrown on it.
  4.   Clear a path to the nearest power outlet.
  5.   Since I'm getting older, I then have to wonder why I did all of the above work and which boatanchor I decided to work on.
  6.   After remembering what I'm going to work on or fix I have to dig my way down to the test equipment and the tools I'll need.
  7.   With luck some of the test equipment will be stacked on a shelf. Where did I last hide the stepladder?
  8.   Now I have to find all of the cables, adapters, and connectors I'll need to be able to run the preliminary smoke test.
  9.   Now where did I put that fire extinguisher after the last smoke test.
  10. Aw to heck with it! The Rice Box still works ok. I'll have time to work on it next weekend.

  Great to see your still alive and kicking up a fuss. Have a great holiday season.

  Chuck Gallup  K7NKS 

  From: Jack Taylor <jack at n7oo.com>
  To: dhallam at knology.net; Boatanchors-qth <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net> 
  Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2011 9:04 AM
  Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Question For Today

  Before getting to the test equipment repair, I have to clear off the work 
  bench first!

  Jack - N7OO

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: "David C. Hallam" <dhallam at knology.net>
  To: "Boatanchors-qth" <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
  Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2011 4:53 AM
  Subject: [Boatanchors] Question For Today


  > Do you spend more time repairing your boatanchor test equipment or
  > repairing your boatanchor gear?  It seems that every time I start to
  > work on a piece of gear, I have to work on the test equipment first.
  >
  > Right now I have the following not working properly;
  > HP 410B VTVM
  > HP410C VTVM
  > Eico 369 Sweep Generator
  > and who knows what else.
  >
  > David
  > KW4DH
  > 
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