[Boatanchors] Question from an admitted 'Newbie'

[Gary Pewitt]

If someone made that offer to me for a Johnson Desk Kilowatt I'd make it 
or die trying.  8-)




On 09/05/2014 06:47 PM, Paul wrote:
>
>>> 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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