[Boatanchors] Hickok 203 VTVM

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Oh come on Sandy, the incandescent "ban" applied to high wattage stuff  
used for general lighting, not pilot lights. Shortage of #47s and the  
like due to a lack of demand since the solid-state takeover years  
ago.  Agree that Radio Shack not much use as a parts source for some  
time now.

Dennis D.  W7QHO
Glendale, CA

There is more good than evil in the World but not much.

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On Apr 26, 2012, at 11:23 AM, Sandy wrote:

> Speaking of lamps!  Doesn't EVERYONE know?  California and all the
> "Greenies" have BANNED the incandescent lamp!!  It is inefficient  
> and wastes
> precious energy!  It is old, and obsolete, and absolutely MUST be  
> replaced
> to save "earth" and our environment!  (Yes, I AM sarcastic!  Because  
> it is
> [the old Edison lamp] indeed not as efficient.)  Eventually as LED
> technology improves even more the incandescent bulb will be
> superceded....WHAT IS THE BIG PANIC and RUSH?  That rush to BAN it  
> is very
> stupid and "Chicken Little" thinking.  There are NO #44 and #47  
> "dial" lamps
> at Radio Shack anymore in most of the "Cellphone Shack" stores!  I  
> have all
> but written "Rat Shack" off.  They have nothing I can really use  
> anymore in
> "parts".  What they DO have has inflated prices thru the ceiling.   
> {End if
> tirade.  I'm sorry this "banning" and forced obsolescence stuff  
> angers me to
> no end!}