[Hammarlund] Re: Separate HQ-180 list...

[Duane Fischer, W8DBF]

There is absolutely no need for such a list, frankly. there is plenty of
bandwidth right here, all one needs to do is to utilize it. So do just that. If
people wish to split hairs, they will. Dividing a list into subsections won't
cure those with that misanthropic attitude anymore than looking at a bottle of
milk of magnesia cures constipation. 	
	
On any given list, about 80% never post! Of the remaining 20%, about half are
regular posters. the other 10% send private replies and once in a while post to
the entire list. 	
	
We do not need more lists, but we do need to fully utilize the resources that
Alan Waller, K3TKJ has so graciously allowed us to use. Have you sent him a
financial token of your appreciation this year? If not, now is a good time to do
so. Despite the dellusion the Internet is free, it is not. Somebody has to pay
for the computers, the phone lines, the servers, the routers and the uncounted
bottles of aspirin needed to combat the headaches these lists generate for the
owner.	
	
Duane Fischer, W8DBF	
List Admin	
  

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From: Ed Tanton <n4xy@earthlink.net>
To: hammarlund@mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Hammarlund] Re: Separate HQ-180 list...
Date: Thursday, December 05, 2002 2:37 PM

We just had all sorts of controversy on [Ten Tec] about starting a spin-off 
related to the (really old) Ten-Tec Power-Mite Series of transceivers. 
Tread softly... I didn't see what the problem was THERE since the bulk (I'd 
say > 95%) of the commentary on [Ten Tec] is about the MODERN stuff... but 
some seemed to take offense. I also failed to see a problem since 1) I felt 
the PM-Series was old enough and crude enough (I referred to them in my own 
email as being from the Stone-Age of Solid-State Transceiver Development) 
that I felt most [Ten Tec] subscribers might be bored/etc. with Power-Mite 
QSO celebrations; and 2) I would have been among the 1st to report back to 
[Ten Tec] anything I thought was more important than: "Hey... all us PM-2 / 
PM-3 users need to get together and have QSOs!" Note: I was NOT the one who 
made the spin-off suggestion, but I did think it was a good idea. The 
bottom line was that the party who suggested-and formed one quickly on 
Topica-just as quickly withdrew it due to several fairly nasty comments.

Here... I have a very different opinion: the entire Hammarlund HQ-Series is 
a progression. The circuits overlap forwards and-occasionally it would 
seem-backwards (when an older circuit was revived.) I cannot think of 
anything I would have to say about ** MY ** HQ-180-C that I think the rest 
of the Hammarlund reflector wouldn't want to read about. Yes, there are 
some relatively obscure topics that could come up-the Noise Silencer being 
the 1st one I can think of-but I THINK most everybody else would be 
interested in reading about it anyway. Leaving only a few to hit that DEL 
key. And with the majority of the repair, tune-up, and operating 
information being backwards-compatible, I think almost everyone would want 
to read HQ-180 'stuff'.

So, personally, I don't see what we HQ-180 owners would talk about that 
would be inappropriate-or TOO boring-for everybody else. And, like I said: 
there is always that DEL key!!!



73 Ed Tanton N4XY <n4xy@earthlink.net>

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