[ICOM] Oh NO!!!!

[C.Whitaker]

Sometimes they don't make the right decisions.
Like the Arabs who buried some aircraft in the
sand in Iraq.
73  Clete
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On 4/28/2012 2:26 AM, Roger (K8RI) wrote:
> 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)
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