[Boatanchors] [BoatAnchors] Question from an admitted 'Newbie'

[John Saxon via Boatanchors]

FWIW:   I think it is all about nostalgia.  And what is nostalgia to one may be a bad dream for someone else :-)

When I started getting active again I saw a restored Hallicrafters S-19R from a guy in Michigan.  I had one of those in the mid-50s, sat in front of it for hours.  Couldn't resist it.  And then...someone had a Heathkit QF-1, just like I had in the 50s...it is now on my desk.  Then some ARC-5 gear...etc., etc., etc.

Doesn't matter the size, weight, and so on.  What matters is what does it mean to *me*

Is this a great hobby, or what?

--
John
K5ENQ


________________________________
 From: Nick England <navy.radio at gmail.com>
To: Dennis DuValll <w7qho at aol.com> 
Cc: porch.boat <boatanchors at theporch.com>; qth.boat <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net> 
Sent: Saturday, September 6, 2014 8:51 AM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] [BoatAnchors] Question from an admitted 'Newbie'
 

I like that Dennis. The key being that it is something that was once useful/desirable, is now scorned by people who desire the latest/greatest, but is still loved by outlaws like us. 

And Arden has it right that there are as many definitions as people. I can't define a boatanchor but i know one when I lift it. 
YMMV
Nick
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