[Boatanchors] Boatanchors

[Bill Cromwell]

Heh,

I have one of those DX-100 thingies. I gave about fifteen bucks for it 
at hamfest once upon a time and I loaned it out a few times to new hams 
when new hams were interested in such things. I can barely manage to 
slide it out of the cabinet and put it on the bench a few feet away with 
no change in elevation.

I'm currently overhauling a RAK-7 (read as "recapping") and it's not 
very much lighter. Once again..slide it out of the box and turn, take 
about four steps and slide it onto the bench. I'm working on a small 
shop crane to deal with that stuff. The Apache needs TLC and it has to 
be elevated to the benchtop when I get brave enough - or finish the 
crane project.

I use some plastic radios, some slop bucket, a rice burner, and some 
boat anchors. Some are appliances (making me a sometimes appliance 
operator) and some are not. A few are antique appliances. Lets not 
forget the SDRs..I have a little of that going on here, too.

Some of my musical instruments are as old or older than me. They don't 
make 'em like they used to. Sometimes that's a good thing and other 
times not so good.

73,

Bill  KU8H


On 10/07/2015 10:02 PM, D C _Mac_ Macdonald wrote:
> Well, Don, let's face it.  There's enough weight in a DX-100, 32V, Apache, Viking I or II, B&W 5100 rig, etc. to say nothing of the big tube amplifiers that if attached to a hunk of stout rope and tied to a smallish boat, the boat would pretty much stay in one place barring a gale or stronger wind!
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> I have finally managed to find buyers for the Viking II and Valiant I that I had in the garage.  Now I need to find buyers for the HRO-60s that are taking up room in the same place.  I had planned to go through these as a retirement project, but now they're more than I can lift without risking damage to my back!  Anybody interested in NCL-2000 amps?
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