[Boatanchors] magazine collection

Charles Ring w3nu at roadrunner.com
Mon Oct 17 13:32:16 EDT 2016



On 10/17/2016 11:53, Bob Groh wrote:
> A couple of years ago, I got rid of a bunch (dating all the way back to the
> 1917 or so)  but it took a lot of effort!  As Ray pointed out, there are
> some (e.g. Radio) that have some the value.  The rest not so much.  I stilt
> have one or two of the old one's which I kept for nostalgia but all the
> rest went - to hams (a box at a time - they paid the postage which is
> substantial and, no, magazines don't qualify for the media rate) - some
> went to the library (20 or so at a time - they have a 'free' table) but
> some just went in the trash.  A bit of a PITA but I had 12 or so large
> boxes and they needed to go.  Now I just subscribe to QST and every year or
> so, I purge them and the older ones go to the library.
>
> As you mentioned, having them on CD or DVD is much more reasonable.  Good
> luck!
>
> 73
> Bob Groh, WA2CKY
>

I still have (hopefully) all of my ham magazines back to 1967 and some 
(many) earlier.

-- 
*Charles Ring W3NU*


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