[Boatanchors] SDR unit

[manualman at juno.com]

No reason to fret Dave. Members like to banter the topic of old and new
stuff, pros and cons, etc. It's probably a lot better to bring it out
rather then having it fester in one's brain. I'm sure there are many of
us that have embraced the "new stuff" and some have even integrated the
new stuff with some of the old stuff. It's a great way to keep one's mind
active as they age while learning and using a new technology especially
if you can integrate some of it into existing or older technology.

To answer your question, no B/W television (only HD flat screens), never
cooked or owned a wood stove, and never hitchhiked. However, I still own
a working 1983 HP Touch-Screen Computer that has a green and black
monitor screen. 30 years later, touch screen computers are back in vogue.

Pete, wa2cwa

On Sat, 22 Mar 2014 08:02:04 -0400 "David Knepper"
<collinsradio at comcast.net> writes:
> I wish that I had not been the instigator of this thread on SDR
> 
> However, I wonder how many "commentators" on this thread are still 
> viewing a 
> black and white television,  cooking with a wood stove, or 
> hitchhiking to 
> town?
> 
> I suspect that no one under the age of 40 commented on SDR!
> 
> Don't let time pass you by - get involved in your community, get a 
> pastime 
> job or just get out of the house and away from the keyboard!
> 
> Good day
> 
> David Knepper - W3CRA/W3ST
> Collins Radio Association
> www.collinsra.com
> Join the CRA today
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Rob Atkinson
> Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2014 7:45 AM
> To: manualman
> Cc: Boat Anchors List
> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] SDR unit
> 
> On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 6:33 PM,  <manualman at juno.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> > We have those same problems with some boatanchor equipment too. 
> Maybe
> > not integrated circuits, but speciality-made transformers or 
> inductors,
> > or other unique electrical or mechanical parts that were only
> > manufactured for a specific boatanchor model.
> 
> Uh no.  It's not quite the same.  With vintage gear needing the
> unobtainium swinging choke or some other part, there's a chance of
> some sort of work around, JS perhaps, but still the rig can be made 
> to
> function in some capacity.   But, the shiny new plastic radio with
> those proprietary VSLI chips, the special custom silicon wafers--if
> one of those fries and they are no longer in production (which seem 
> to
> happen pretty quickly) you are pretty much DOA.  Ask the owners of
> TS-850s who are constantly searching for parts rigs.  Big 
> difference
> between a hard to find mod. transformer or AX9909 and an out of
> production 48 pin custom manufactured chip.
> 
> 73
> 
> Rob
> K5UJ
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