[Boatanchors] Reality Comes Knocking.
Daniel Jones
djones at k6yic.com
Sat Feb 12 20:59:39 EST 2022
But there are those of us out here that still want to keep the filaments lit.
I have devoted much of my collection to vintage navy tube gear and some early transistor types. I also keep the oil burning with Teletype Gear.
Shipping is always an issue, I have received a lot of gear for the cost of shipping just to make sure it stays in good hands. I am in my early 40s so I have a few years to convince the even younger crowd that all the effort to maintain history.
Daniel
K6YIC
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> 2. Re: Reality Comes Knocking. (SGS 126)
> 3. Re: Reality Comes Knocking. (Rob Atkinson)
> 4. Re: Reality Comes Knocking. (KA2PTE)
> 5. Re: Reality Comes Knocking. (Richard Knoppow)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2022 11:17:42 -0600
> From: <w5jo at brightok.net>
> Cc: "Boatanchors at mailman" <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Reality Comes Knocking.
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> I paired down about 12 years back and I didn't even try to get rich, I sold
> them for about what I had in them, low price and parts cost. I kept the 4
> radios that has emotional connections and glad to have the room. Recently a
> guy sold me a, nice, good working SX42 with the Reproducer speaker for
> $100. I like it because of the FM band and plan to keep it. I was really
> shocked that he wanted only $100 for the radio.
>
> There are a few young people who still want this stuff, but they aren't
> going to pay collector prices. Shipping costs has really dampened the
> market, so most people say I won't ship, you have to go pick it up. If the
> item is more than a day's trip, it becomes a paperweight.
>
> Mark, You still haven't gotten that 5100 going yet? Boy it has been a
> while.
>
> I enjoy my equipment and plan to keep what I have till the last. By then,
> no one will care but I will have fond memories.
>
> Jim
> W5JO
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> -----Original Message-----
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> I sold all but two of my "big" amateur radios about 5 years ago. Got
> asking prices from local buyers. Never looked back.
>
> I have a single B&W 5100 that's been in progress for years now and a
> DX-100 that I got for $50 somewhere a few years ago. Since the 5100 has
> been in progress for years it shows how interested I am in finishing it
> (but it will get finished). With the up swing in the solar cycle and 10M
> coming alive, I have the impetus to finish it for 10M AM work.
>
>
> Mark K3MSB
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> Message: 2
> Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2022 12:35:24 -0500
> From: SGS 126 <brloper at gmail.com>
> To: w5jo at brightok.net
> Cc: boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Reality Comes Knocking.
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> I?ve been waiting 65 years for the EMP
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>> On Feb 12, 2022, at 12:20 PM, w5jo at brightok.net wrote:
>>
>> ?I paired down about 12 years back and I didn't even try to get rich, I sold them for about what I had in them, low price and parts cost. I kept the 4 radios that has emotional connections and glad to have the room. Recently a guy sold me a, nice, good working SX42 with the Reproducer speaker for $100. I like it because of the FM band and plan to keep it. I was really shocked that he wanted only $100 for the radio.
>>
>> There are a few young people who still want this stuff, but they aren't going to pay collector prices. Shipping costs has really dampened the market, so most people say I won't ship, you have to go pick it up. If the item is more than a day's trip, it becomes a paperweight.
>>
>> Mark, You still haven't gotten that 5100 going yet? Boy it has been a while.
>>
>> I enjoy my equipment and plan to keep what I have till the last. By then, no one will care but I will have fond memories.
>>
>> Jim
>> W5JO
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>>
>> I sold all but two of my "big" amateur radios about 5 years ago. Got
>> asking prices from local buyers. Never looked back.
>>
>> I have a single B&W 5100 that's been in progress for years now and a
>> DX-100 that I got for $50 somewhere a few years ago. Since the 5100 has
>> been in progress for years it shows how interested I am in finishing it
>> (but it will get finished). With the up swing in the solar cycle and 10M
>> coming alive, I have the impetus to finish it for 10M AM work.
>>
>>
>> Mark K3MSB
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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> Message: 3
> Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2022 11:40:55 -0600
> From: Rob Atkinson <ranchorobbo at gmail.com>
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> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Reality Comes Knocking.
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>> On Sat, Feb 12, 2022 at 9:00 AM David Stinson <arc5 at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>>
>> For those who've watched too much "Antique Road Show,"
>> those who think selling their boatanchors are going to
>> save their finances,
>
> Nobody thinks that now. Everyone knows what's happening or they find
> out eventually.
>
> Enjoy your gear while you can. It may get scrapped for the steel when
> you are done.
>
> Practice acceptance.
>
> Rob
> K5UJ
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> Message: 4
> Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2022 14:46:45 -0500
> From: "KA2PTE" <ka2pte at 3950.net>
> To: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Reality Comes Knocking.
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> Hehe, thats me for sure. Boomer that grew up poor could not afford new gear,
> only dreamed of it.
> 35 yrs later, still not ever owned a brand new Ham radio, more fun fixing up
> the old.
>
> The new stuff could be ticking time bombs as the chips in there are all
> proprietary and only
> Ching Lee Sue has access to their designs. Ching Lee is banking on a short
> life span
> so you can buy more from Ching Lee. Its not in Ching Lees interests to buld
> long lasting products
> for stupid Merica.
>
> So yes, still a very good rep for the boat anchors. Oh they use more power,
> weigh a ton, but have
> PROVEN they work and for the long term CAN be fixed and even improved. Heck
> we even have nets
> still going for the Swan stuff and the Kenwood Hybrids.
>
> Oh and most important of all, the very first ones were : MADE IN THE USA
> something you dont see stated in the electronics world these days.
>
>
>> "Greying out. We?re on the shady side of the nostalgia bell-curve."
>> "I think most of the boatanchor enthusiasm was driven by
>> Boomer hams remembering the radios they longed for
>> but could not afford as kids. As this (my) generation dies off,
>> I except the market for all old radios, to continually decline."
>
> --
> Steve Hearns [ KA2PTE ]
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> Message: 5
> Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2022 11:59:44 -0800
> From: Richard Knoppow <1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com>
> To: boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Reality Comes Knocking.
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> My ladyfriend's family not long ago sold a house on Cape Cod
> belonging to her SK uncle. He was a collector of antiques,
> furniture and cars and other stuff. They couldn't give it away.
> Young people now don't want anything old.
> MY boatanchor radios and old cameras are mostly things I
> lusted after when I was young. No one even knows what they are
> now. I had a Rolleiflex out in the street not long ago and some
> kid said "Is that a camera?" Well, at least digital cameras look
> something like 35mm cameras (unless they are cell phones) but a
> lot of kids now don't know what a dial telephone is.
>
>> On 2/12/2022 9:40 AM, Rob Atkinson wrote:
>>> On Sat, Feb 12, 2022 at 9:00 AM David Stinson <arc5 at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> For those who've watched too much "Antique Road Show,"
>>> those who think selling their boatanchors are going to
>>> save their finances,
>>
>> Nobody thinks that now. Everyone knows what's happening or they find
>> out eventually.
>>
>> Enjoy your gear while you can. It may get scrapped for the steel when
>> you are done.
>>
>> Practice acceptance.
>>
>> Rob
>> K5UJ
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> Richard Knoppow
> 1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com
> WB6KBL
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