[Boatanchors] Richmond VA hamfest photos

[Joe Connor]

An AR-88 is worth a hernia!

Joe Connor



On Sunday, February 2, 2014 5:09 PM, Rob Atkinson <ranchorobbo at gmail.com> wrote:
 
Yeah, the '88s are on the heavy side.  I can move mine a few feet from
>the top of an Aristocrat speaker cabinet to a table next to it for
>work but that's it.  Any carrying and I need help or one of those
>potted plant slings to lower it to a dolly for moving.  Well, I'll bet
>some guy was happy to get them for $50.  I would have paid that for
>basket cases just for the parts.   I learned the hard way to not use
>the filament only position, and now power mine on and off with a
>toggle switch in the power cord and leave the front panel switch on
>rec.mod.   The only thing mildly dissatisfying is the dial accuracy so
>I'm going to eventually add an outboard digital dial display in a
>separate enclosure.
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>73
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>Rob
>K5UJ
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>On Sun, Feb 2, 2014 at 4:01 PM, Bry Carling <bcarling at cfl.rr.com> wrote:
>> Don't get a hernia !
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>> Best regards - Bry Carling
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