[Johnson] Done For Tonight & for awhile

richard ramnaz at peoplepc.com
Fri Jul 3 00:30:07 EDT 2015


Well Richard I am happy to be on here getting some help as it has been hard wanting to do things and being lost about it ..

-----Original Message-----
>From: Richard Knoppow <1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com>
>Sent: Jul 2, 2015 6:50 PM
>To: johnson at mailman.qth.net
>Subject: Re: [Johnson] Done For Tonight & for awhile
>
>        I will second this.  You have a lot of friends here who will 
>cheer when you get the thing working and keep helping you until you 
>do.    The internet is wonderful because you can make a lot of friends 
>all over the world.   Most people are pretty nice no matter what idea 
>you get from the daily news.
>
>On 7/2/2015 6:02 PM, Robert Sauvan wrote:
>> Richard,
>> I will chime in momentarily. You wont find a bunch of more 
>> knowledgeable and nicer guys than on these threads. I can 
>> wholeheartedly attest to the fact that I have known nothing about 
>> fixing radios or electronics in general. I decided to get into boat 
>> anchors just a couple of years ago and every one of these same guys 
>> have guided me through every process to fix and repair and become much 
>> more confident and knowledgeable about these old radios. I cant thank 
>> them enough and it has been a great time, and the satisfaction after 
>> fixing the radio is beyond belief. I am in the middle of restoring a 
>> Valiant myself and  had a couple of issues with it as well. They have 
>> been fixed as a result of numerous test procedures and guidence by 
>> everyone on this thread, it is working great now. You dont need a 
>> $100.00 an hour guy to look at the radio for you. You will be able to 
>> figure it out. As Brian, WA5UEK has always told me, take your time and 
>> move slowly. If it doesnt seem right, then it probably isnt.Great 
>> advice that I try to follow even as impatient a person as I am. Look 
>> at my website and you will see the numerous radios I have repaired 
>> successfully with the help of all of these guys.I assure you, I knew 
>> nothing about electronics before meeting these guys but have learned 
>> an enormous amount about it in just the last couple of years. The 
>> craziest thing about it all is I have never met any of them face to 
>> face but hope to meet some as soon as it may be possible.
>>
>> Good luck with your project and I am looking forward to the outcome.
>>
>> 73-Bob-W0YBS
>> http://w0ybs.com
>>
>> On 7/2/2015 12:24 PM, richard wrote:
>>> What would be great is to find someone in my area that know way more 
>>> than I to give me some help but I don't what few Hams I do know don't 
>>> give one thing about building or working on anything and the one man 
>>> I know that can fix about anything wants $100.00 an hr so I am trying 
>>> to get help & learn outside that $100.00 an hr but if need be I will 
>>> take it to him but some things are just an easy fix & so I felt I 
>>> might find some things out on here Plus I want to learn as much as I 
>>> can & over the years I have fixed some things that were easy fix's ..
>>
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>WB6KBL
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