[Boatanchors] Radio Collectors, Father Time and "Basket Cases"

[w5sum]

Grand I couldn't agree more..   in the mid 70's you could get boatanchor 
gear for nothing. I had a fellow pull up in my driveway and tell me "I have 
something you may want in the trunk"... in his trunk was a Johnson 500! I 
paid him $65 for it and used it for ten years then sold it for $250!

I can remember locals here throwing away 50 gallan drums full of ARC-5 gear. 
Tubes were for pennies.. my how things have changed in 40 years..

now I can't even afford to replace the 75A4 and the Globe King 500 I had to 
sell to pay all the doctors after my little episode in 2005..

Ronnie..
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Grant Youngman" <nq5t at tx.rr.com>
To: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, June 03, 2013 5:17 PM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Radio Collectors, Father Time and "Basket Cases"


>I have to agree.  I don't think Elvis has left the building quite yet. 
>Good quality vintage gear is holding its value as well as ever if not more 
>so in some cases.  And there are certainly indications that a younger 
>generation is finding it appealing, even if they didn't live with or drool 
>over the stuff in their youth :)
>
> Grant NQ5T
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Jun 3, 2013, at 2:52 PM, "Bill Carns" <wcarns at austin.rr.com> wrote:
>
>> While we are just dealing with Collins in our core group, we do not see 
>> this
>> trend at all. Our membership is the highest it has ever been. Our pricing
>> trends seem to be holding and some are even significantly rising. Good
>> equipment is in high demand and we are seeing a lot of younger folks 
>> joining
>> who are asking some pretty basic questions, but that is good and what we 
>> are
>> here for.
>>
>> Amateur radio ranks are increasing rapidly, and while many are what we
>> sometimes laughingly call appliance operators, many have a great sense of
>> history and, when exposed to the historical equipment, get very 
>> interested
>> and involved.  It is all about education and exposure.
>>
>> We recently had a great experience where we supported and publicized the
>> restoration of the radio ops position in FiFi, the only flying B-29 
>> bomber,
>> and we ran QSOs from the radio room using the original ART-13 and BC-348
>> gear. Demand was high, interest soared and the result was some great 
>> press
>> and an ever increasing number of folks bring up that latent ART013 that 
>> they
>> had "always wanted to get on the air".  So....the lesson that we take 
>> away
>> is get some good press, push the history and links to the past and watch 
>> 'em
>> come.
>>
>> Enjoy
>>
>>
>> Bill Carns, N7OTQ
>> K0CXX, Trustee MRCCC
>> President Collins Collectors Association
>> Editor, Signal Magazine
>> Founding Member # AC94-0009
>> 512 618 2762 (Cell + VM)
>> 512 847 7010 (Home + Fax)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: boatanchors-bounces at mailman.qth.net
>> [mailto:boatanchors-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Curt
>> Sent: Monday, June 03, 2013 11:52 AM
>> To: boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
>> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Radio Collectors, Father Time and "Basket 
>> Cases"
>>
>> While I don't own any rare or basket case radios, growing older does 
>> prompt
>> thoughts about when and how best to dispose of inventory.  Need to start
>> hauling radios to ham fests because packing and shipping is such a pain.
>>
>> The quotation seems accurate, there are fewer folks interested in old 
>> gear
>> with every year.  I suppose a lot of radio gear will end up in landfill 
>> over
>> the next few decades.
>>
>> 73, Curt KB5JO
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