[Hallicrafters] Thank You to all that have responded.

[Ken, WA2LBI]

Hold on there, Craig!

I don't plan (or expect!) to go QRT "well within 30 years"!!! I'm hoping to be
using my Drake "C" line, Swan 500cx, HW-101 and HQ-One Eighty for at least the
next 30 years! Although I own some newer gear (FT-102 - it has 4 tubes!) I can
often be found using a hollow state rig. You can't compare the peaking and
dipping of the vintage gear to just pressing the "tune" button on the new rigs.

Hmmm, considering this is the Hallicrafters list I'll have to do something about
acquiring that SR-400A Cyclone III/HA-20 I always wanted...

Ken, WA2LBI


Quoting Craig Roberts <crgrbrts at verizon.net>:

> But aren't we all going to be killed by the Internet and digital phones
> anyway (he asked provocatively)?
>
> Most of us baby booming hams (and CBers, etc.) will have "gone QRT" well
> within 30 years. Many of us (especially those of us old farts who operate
> vintage gear) hang onto amateur radio as a nostalgic remnant of our past --
> still enjoying the largely anachronistic mystique and romance of wireless
> communication.
>
> Are we the last of a dying breed?  I'm curious to know what y'all think.
>
> Oh -- here's a link to an interesting piece from The Wall Street Journal
> this week, in case you haven't seen it. http://tinyurl.com/357ye .
>
> 73,
> Craig
> W3CRR
>
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