[Boatanchors] Amazing prices

[Charlie , W5COV]

It seems as if all I ever hear about the loads going to the dumpster, 
are long after they are gone.

It is really sad, since I and several others, I am sure, would be glad 
to provide the "dumpster service" for them.

I pick up all of the "bargains" I can find at the two hamfests that are 
within easy driving distance yearly, of my rural location and I can 
squeeze into my very limited budget.

I look for even kits and QRP equipment and accessories, since I really 
don't have any real use for them, but enjoy rebuilding them, for brain 
exercise and to keep me busy when I am homebound, which is much of the time.

I found a new term yesterday, for what I have been doing for about the 
last 5 years now. I provide a half way house for radios and kits :) They 
get repaired and shipped to new hams or hams in need, due to financial 
or other circumstances.

I had also been picking up keys too, but I learned of the half way house 
yesterday, that does basically the same thing that I do with radios, 
except they are dedicated to keys only. It is a part of the SKCC's 
giving back to hams. Now if I do find any cheap keys which is pretty 
much a thing of the past too, I can pick them up and send them to the 
person doing that.

I carefully decide who gets what few radios , QRP or tube type , that I 
can locate and afford on my fixed income. I don't want them ending up on 
eBay. I could do that and it really wouldn't help anyone.

My goal is to get them and keep them on the air !!

If your family or whomever is really serious about tossing anything, 
parts, QRP rigs, kits, tube rigs, whatever in the dumpster, save my 
e-mail address, and if I can't personally make it to the location, I 
will make every effort possible to pass the information on to some other 
ham in the area, that will see that they don't go to the dump and don't 
show up for sale on eBay or at a hamfest.

There are MANY good hams out there that will help in such an endeavor 
and see that they get into CAPABLE hands and on the air. Don't want a 
young new ham to get into something high voltage, but I know several 
older hams that would like to return to the air, but lack the funds for 
equipment due to fixed incomes, plus medical and other expenses.

We could probably even form a list from this group that are honest and 
sincere in helping preserve our heritage and give some new ham a good start.

Charlie, W5COV


On 5/6/2014 5:20 PM, rbethman wrote:
> It is very rare for me to go to Ebay for my shack.
>
> If I do, it is usually for some little thing that is less than $50.
>
> Things like new probes for a TEK-5440, and a little tester for caps, 
> coils, and resistors.
>
> The last bigger item was an RME-DB-23A.
>
> I have managed to either buy from other hams, or find them on my own.
>
> The Manassas Hamfest isn't all that big, but you sure can find a bunch 
> of radios!
>
> I just ignore the computer folks.
>
> There is one fellow that comes down from Maryland, and he has a 
> truckload of older meters.  Many of them are NOS and still in the 
> original boxes.
>
> YMMV
> Bob - N0DGN
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