[Boatanchors] Reality comes calling

[Bob Groh]

Larry, here are some suggestions:
1.  The magazines and paper are goners - just pitch them.

2.  The SX-99 and other gear can (with prior arrangement) probably go to
David Schulman here in the Kansas City area for eventual auction. You will
have to transport most likely so find a friend or two with strong backs and
a truck - you can pay them in parts!!!  Do check with David to make sure he
can take the stuff and do be prepared to wait months for them to clear the
auction process. Yep, it is a long haul from Arizona.

3.  The parts etc - yep, a problem

Best of luck - and yes, I am in the same boat.  OH, well.

73
Bob Groh, WA2CKY



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
>
>
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