[Boatanchors] Reality comes calling

[Rob Atkinson]

Maybe you can get some help and load up as much of your stuff as
possible and go to a hamfest and let it go.  That's better than having
it wind up in a dump.

73
Rob
K5UJ

On Sun, Feb 13, 2022 at 11:22 AM Lawrence Godek <lawrenceg94 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I can relate.  I have shelves in my 16X 12 shed (for one thing) that are
> stacked with parts etc.  Stuff i've collected over the years from roller
> inductors, variable caps, knobs, transmitting tubes, old receiving
> tubes, transformers, chokes, some variacs and the list goes on.  Years
> and years of old QST's in their binders along with some more recent
> stuff (from the 70's, 80's etc) on, a nice big stack of 73, Ham Radio
> and CQ magazines, years and years of old handbooks and lots of small
> parts.  Box's of receiving tubes and meters, new BUD aluminum chassis
> etc. Then there is the SX-96, Elmac transmitters, a power supply for the
> above, rotators, control box's and some mil surplus stuff, GPR-90 in
> ecellent condition, an R-388 that was restored by Howard Mills.  I
> forgot, my TMC PAL-500 amp with power supply (160 lbs shipping weight).
> Then there is this 6 ft rack here in my shack that needs some control
> work done on it, runs a 4-250 with a pair of 100TH modulators, a heavy
> thing to say the least.  Nothing ship able because as so many others
> have said, it's getting cost prohibitive.  I'm now in my 80's and don't
> know when my last day is going to be.  Yeah i can enjoy what i have
> today but the only hams with any interest, maybe, are 80 plus miles
> away.  So where is it going to end up?
>
> The thing i think about is the fact that this stuff isn't being made
> anymore.  Will the maybe be a day in the future when someone will be
> saying "I wonder where i can find one of those things?" It will all be
> in the dump, buried by tons of other garbage.
>
> Yeah, i think about it and wonder what i can do to keep this from
> happening.  Maybe all for naught!
>
> Listening to/for AM signals on 7293.
>
> Larry W0OGH