[Boatanchors] Question from an admitted 'Newbie'

[K5MYJ]

I like old radios that have large sliderule dials like my SX-111 and NC-109.

Bob Macklin
K5MYJ
Seattle, Wa.
"Real Radios Glow In The Dark"

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rob Atkinson" <ranchorobbo at gmail.com>
To: "Boat Anchors List" <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2014 6:52 PM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Question from an admitted 'Newbie'


> I, and most of us probably, remember when "boatanchor" was said
> sneeringly at any transmitter or receiver that predated cheap
> light-weight slopbucket gear.  Perfectly fine SX101s and NC303s etc.
> which were only maybe 10 years old or not even that and still popular
> with novice CW stations as hand-me-downs were "boatanchors."
> 
> Many it seemed were ga ga for sweep tube transceivers, including me at
> the time, and anything big and heavy (and built like a tank) was
> considered old and therefore, inferior.  I remember seeing that gear
> sold at fests with barely hidden disdain.  Now it's a love fest which
> is great but it is important to not forget.
> 
> 73
> 
> Rob
> K5UJ
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