[Boatanchors] Circuit Preservation

[Bill Cromwell]

Well ya know...

When I show visitors my radios from the 1930s, 40s, and 50s still 
working I ask them where they think this computer might be when it's 
that old. Lots of smiles and laughter in reply.

73,

Bill  KU8H


On 07/08/2013 08:39 AM, David Stinson wrote:
>
> YMMV and IMHO of course:
> I call radios that are kept with all their original parts in-circuit 
> and thus, are non-working,  "mummies."
> In my experiance,  dead radio "mummies" generate no more than 
> momentary, passing interest.   Working old radios get attention. 
> Attention is what's needed to assure the radios find another caretaker 
> once I am gone.
>
> So I try to strike a balance between preservation of the original 
> circuits and making the radio play.
> Sometimes, running the radio on reduced B+
> works; some of  my "rare" sets are run this way.
> If a part must be replaced, I will clip one end of the bad part and 
> "tack-in" a good one around it.
> This isn't always practical and in those cases, a working radio which 
> will find a new owner takes priority over a dead mummy, which may not.
>
> 73 DE Dave AB5S