[ICOM] Oh NO!!!!

[Roger (K8RI)]

On 4/26/2012 8:35 AM, C.Whitaker wrote:
> de WB2CPN
> Way back there was a rumor that the Air Force had stashed some
> Collins S-Line, and other tube type equipment, in the mountains of
> Colorado.  Idea was to prevent ESD from atomic near hits.  I do know
> that some equipment was stocked, but that was not the reason.
> Excellent environmental control for long term storage was easier
> there.  Like the reasoning when data processing and data storage
> companies bought all the ex-AT&T underground sites they could get.
> I lost one Kenwood, and one Philco antique radio to ESD.
> 73  Clete
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It seems like they'd need to replace a lot of caps to get it all working 
even under the best of storage conditions.

73

Roger (K8RI)