[Boatanchors] Speaking of cheap stuff (was harbor freight and soldering guns)

[Robert Spooner]

For less than $1795 you could get a computer and run a program that puts up a display that does the same thing and synchronizes time over the internet!

73,
Bob AD3K

On Sep 13, 2015, at 9:35 PM, <manualman at juno.com> <manualman at juno.com> wrote:

> That probably was the Geochron wall clock. It's still around and now
> selling for $1795 with standard frame:
> http://www.mapshop.com/Geochron.htm
> 
> Here's a cool wall clock that's on sale:
> https://www.princetonwatches.com/shop/QXA538KLH.asp
> 
> I received a free desk digital readout clock back in the 90's from
> Azimuth Instruments (or something like that). They sold a indoor
> temp/outdoor temp/clock/wind speed indicator. They use to have a booth
> back in the 90's at Dayton and always had at least two girls dressed only
> in swim wear handing out brocedures and taking pictures with the masses.
> The clock has two readouts; one for your local time and the other for any
> other part of the world's time zones. There is a sliding switch below the
> readouts where you can slide the pointer to any one of 25 different
> cities around the world. The clock can be set in 12 or 24 hour format.
> The clock still works fine today. It's powered by two AAA batteries. Has
> a momentary dial light and I think it even has an alarm function.
> 
> Pete, wa2cwa
> 
> On Sun, 13 Sep 2015 18:18:51 -0500 Rob Atkinson <ranchorobbo at gmail.com>
> writes:
>> I guess I have some field around me that causes modern manufactured
>> things to break.   I'll figure something out.  Thanks to everyone 
>> who
>> sent suggestions.  It has been an interesting conversation, shack
>> clocks.  Remember that thing you could get that was a map of the 
>> world
>> in a frame and it had all the times of big cities in little windows
>> and sold for some crazy high price like $700?  This was back around
>> 1970.   I figured that had to be for the rich XYL who didn't know 
>> what
>> to get for her OM for Christmas.   Maybe new hams don't bother with
>> shack clocks.   I am just programmed old style to have two for 
>> local
>> and Zulu, along with paper, a dummy load, headphones (which I 
>> almost
>> never use) and pens.   I have given up on having a callbook since 
>> they
>> don't print them now, and a printed log book.  I use my card file
>> instead.  My shack is a computer-free zone.
>> 
>> 73
>> 
>> Rob
>> K5UJ
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