[Boatanchors] The Problem With Boat Anchors

[Robert Nickels]

On 8/25/2014 2:09 PM, Rob Atkinson wrote:
> Back in the '40s and '50s when this gear was the norm, most ops never made it to 65.

To underscore Rob's point, I was recently flipping thru the Dec. 1951 
issue of QST (which is my own vintage) and noted that a retired 
physician in San Diego was not only the oldest person to seek the new 
Novice license at age 86, but also "one of the oldest hams in the country".

73, Bob W9RAN