[Boatanchors] Question from an admitted 'Newbie'

[kb1fqg--- via Boatanchors]

Further proof to my theory that the distance I can carry a boatanchor is the  
inverse of what I had to pay for it!

John Flood.  KB1FQG

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-----Original message-----
From: Paul <w2ec at bmjsports.com>
To: boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
Sent: Fri, Sep 5, 2014 23:49:13 GMT+00:00
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Question from an admitted 'Newbie'


>> If you can carry it from the swapmeet to your car without help, without
stopping and without a heart attack, it's probably not a boatanchor.


Afraid I can't agree with that complete definition. I feel a few stops may
be ok. Reason is, many years ago, probably 15 or 20, the Cornell Amateur
Radio club (W2CXM) offered some old Collins gear for sale to fund newer
equipment. I managed to buy the Collins gear (still have it), but we know
Collins (S-line and KWM-2) gear is relatively light weight and I got that to
my car OK without stopping, yet I call that "boatanchor" gear. However,
while there they showed me an old piece of gear on a table that they wanted
to get rid of but it was just so darn heavy they couldn't figure out how to
get it out. You must understand that the Cornell club is in the 4th floor of
Barton Hall, and the floors are not your average 9-10 foot as found in a
typical house, more like 20 feet between each floor. Plus the first floor is
up a steep set of stairs from the street. I'd guess from the 4th floor to
ground level is 100 feet. So anyway, they told me if I could get it out, I
could have it. Looked like a challenge to me so I said I'd take it and since
they were leaving for classes, I'd have to carry it out myself. So I did,
lifting it and carrying it down 4 flights of stairs (double landings on each
flight) with occasional rest stops with it propped against the banister to
support it while I took a few breaths. Once at ground level I still had to
carry it, without a rest stop, two blocks away, the nearest place I had been
able to find to park the car.

So what was it I got to carry all this distance? An E. F. Johnson
Thunderbolt! All 120lbs of amplifier, all by myself! Now I really think a
Thunderbolt qualifies as a boatanchor and even though I had to stop a few
times carrying it down from the 4th floor, that last two blocks was
non-stop. 

Just my observation!

73, Paul W2EC

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