[Boatanchors] magazine collection

[Bry Carling]

As noted - very same experience here. Ham magazines don;t sell easily even if they are old and rare.
Sad but I guess most people don't have the space for them.  I even found it hard to give them away.

Bry AF4K

> From: bob.groh at gmail.com
> Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2016 10:53:10 -0500
> To: ranchorobbo at gmail.com
> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] magazine collection
> CC: boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
> 
> 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
> 
> On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 4:53 AM, Rob Atkinson <ranchorobbo at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Anything after 1960 isn't much interest if your interest is vintage
> > classic AM and CW.  post-1960 it's all slopbucket and class AB RF
> > amplifiers.  The really good stuff is in 1930s, post WW2 '40s up to
> > around 1955.  If you have any issues of Radio magazine from those days
> > when they were on the west coast, they are gold.
> >
> > 73
> >
> > Rob
> > K5UJ
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