[Heathkit] Fwd: Seeking Duane Fischer as a dummy load

Fri, 27 Sep 2002 01:14:36 +0000

Hi,

That one about the hair was just as funny as anything Duane has sent out 
earlier concerning that cyber-punk stuff he rants on about occassionally.

Who care's if the fellow has a ham ticket?  What does that mean anymore, 
anyway?  I have an extra-class license.  Gee-wiz!  I couldn't pass the 
advance test in 1970 without studying but had no trouble passing the Extra 
in 1998 with less effort.  Had I waited just a little longer, I wouldn't 
even have had to suffer throught another code test!

The tests just aren't technically challenging anymore so one can't refer to 
them to judge who were are; anybody can join the club these days.  The 
license itself just no longer defines who we are as a group.

However, I wanted to offer some insights into my experience at purchasing 
equipment over the web (like that amp for example) instead of ranting on 
about who we are.

I've done a little shopping on eBay and elsewhere and have found through 
experience that no questions are necessary to determine the quality of 
equipment offered for sale before buying.  I'm sure the same rules can be 
applied here as well.

Bob's Rules on Internet Purchasing:

1.  If they don't say it works, you can bet it doesn't!

2.  If they say they don't know if it works, you can be assured that it 
doesn't.  Not even a little bit!

3.  If they say it worked last time they used it but they don't know if it 
works now, well, you can bet it doesn't work.  Dah!

4.  If they don't specifically state that a picture of the item for sale is 
the item itself, then you can justly suspicion that its not a picture of the 
item for sale but instead a picture of a similar item in much better 
condition.  Sucker!

5.  Repair parts for those old rigs are made out of un-obtanium (that's very 
rare indeed).  You can bet whatever you buy from some dead-beat on the web 
will need atleast two or three of those parts.  Gee, Time marches on!

6.  I forgot this one before I could write it down.  I'm getting older!  
What's your excuse?

7.  Buy only from the original owner.  They may be less likely to do 
something like break off the lever of that HW-101 CW/SSB lever switch after 
they sell the CW filter on the side without telling you.  They might still 
sell the filter but atleast they won't break that unobtanium part.

8. Don't buy HW-101s on eBay.  I haven't found one that was worth a damn.

9.  Had to delete this one.  You're just not ready for it.

10. And finally, my last tip.  Only you can make a difference.  Long live 
Ham Radio!

Bob
WB4FPL
(since 1968)

>From: "Taras Andrushko" <[email protected]>
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: [Heathkit] Seeking Duane Fischer as a dummy load
>Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 12:35:08 -0500
>
>
>Hi Everyone!
>
>     Duane wanted to know if my SB201 was tested on a dummy load 80 - 10 
>meters.  I wrote him a more descriptive private e-mail a day ago and no 
>response.  So I asked if he could stop by my house and stick his finger in 
>the socket in the back of the Heathkit amplifier and use him as a dummy 
>load.  I would watch his hair go up on each band and determine what the 
>output is based on how tall his hair stands on his head.  But as usual he 
>refuses to come over to help me out.  :)
>
>                                          Taras
>
>
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