[Boatanchors] B52s and boatanchors

[D C _Mac_ Macdonald]

BUT, almost every part on these B-52s has been replaced or reinforced  
over the years at a cost of hundreds of millions of dollars for each 
aircraft.  Virtually all of this is done about 4 miles to the northeast 
of where I sit right now! 
 
They are like granddad's old axe; three new heads and eight handles, 
but it's still granddad's old axe! 
 
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* 73 - Mac, K2GKK/5 * 
* (Since 30 Nov 53) * 
* k2gkk hotmail com * 
* Oklahoma City, OK * 
* USAF & FAA (Ret.) * 
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> Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2015 09:30:53 -0600
> From: ranchorobbo at gmail.com
> To: boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [Boatanchors] B52s and boatanchors
> 
> Read this article in the New York Times about the B52s:
> 
> http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/06/us/b-52s-us-air-force-bombers.html
> 
> then read it again thinking how "B52" could be replaced with your tube
> transmitter model number, HRO or 75A-2 or Viking 1, or whatever you
> run, and how when the feedline Z suddenly changes, the old rig chugs
> right along, and how you never have to "re-boot" after a SDR computer
> crashes.  The B52s in the USAF keep going just like our old gear.
> 
> 73
> 
> Rob
> K5UJ