[Boatanchors] The Problem With Boat Anchors

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Well, there actually is a bright side.  If the radio were a rice burner, 
the weight that you had to move would have been less but the distance outside 
to the curb on heavy trash day is probably much greater.  :-)

Robert Downs - Houston
wa5cab dot com (Web Store)
MVPA 9480

In a message dated 08/25/2014 09:00:03 AM Central Daylight Time, 
dhallam at knology.net writes: 
> This is the part of using boat anchors that I hate.  Yesterday the zero 
> function of my Johnson Invader quit working.  This means I have to tear 
> down my operating position and move a 65 pound transmitter and a 105 
> pound power supply out to my work bench in the garage. Also I have to 
> fabricate a long extension cord to reach from my operating desk out to 
> the garage work bench because I don't have 240V out there.
> 
> I also may have other problems because the key down power out is only 
> about 450W on my watt meter.  The 4-400A's may be getting tired, but I 
> am also suspicious of my watt meter calibration.  Based on the plate 
> current meter, 450W is probably right.   I also have to dig down to the 
> bottom of my junk pile AKA parts bin to find the new 4-400A's I have 
> stashed.
> 
> I am 77 years old and getting too old for this.
>