[Boatanchors] The Problem With Boat Anchors

[Lee Craner via Boatanchors]

Coincidentally, I just finished  restoration of the CE 200V transmitter on 
Saturday and had to move all 90 lbs of  it to the shack.  I have another 
200V awaiting restoration and my comment  to myself, "I'm getting too old for 
this, I've got to forget about restoring  that second one."
 
73
Lee WB6SSW
 

In a message dated 8/25/2014  7:52:47 A.M. Pacific 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.

-- 
"I predict future happiness for Americans if they  can prevent the 
government from wasting the labors of the people under the  pretense of taking care 
of them."
Thomas Jefferson


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