[Milsurplus] Dead Electronics

[D C Macdonald]

Might that be a possible source of "part-time"
income in retirement so that we can continue
to buy our expesive toys???

73  ---  Mac, K2GKK/5



----Original Message Follows----
From: "Mark Bell" <bell at blazenet.net>
To: "Bud Steward" <comradios at yahoo.com>, <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Dead Electronics
Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2004 20:01:28 -0400

Several weeks ago,  I was approached by a member of a local radio club to
see if I'd fix their 2M Linear Amplifier.   Apparently someone covered the
chimney with books during the heat of a contest,  and very bad things
happend.    In the course of the conversation, I asked when it happened.

The guy said "Sometime in the early 1990's"!

I was dumfounded!  I asked if anyone had ever look at it.  He said "no" !!

Last year,  I found a 1 KW linear at another club.  One of the members said
it didn't work, as it had gotten hit by lightning "five years ago".
Again,  in all the time, NO ONE had ever bothered to take a peek under the
hood.

I took it home, and with a few hours had the nuked components replaced, and
it was putting out between 200 and 300W!!  (Still low,  so I guess I didn't
get all the problems.....)

73 Mark K3ZX



----- Original Message -----
From: "Bud Steward" <comradios at yahoo.com>
To: <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2004 6:05 PM
Subject: [Milsurplus] Dead Electronics


 >
 > This is a concern I have for electronics
 > and no one I have noticed as yet mentioned it.
 >
 > The kids as a whole have little or no interest
 > in learning much of any of it. Not even as a
 > Hobby at all. I have always felt it was at least
 > a good hobby to have.
 >
 > You all would be amazed at how few numbers of
 > people even know how to solder any more. When
 > teaching the radio merit badge to scouts I have
 > had numbers of Dads looking over my shoulder that
 > are EEs and have no idea how to solder at all.
 > The ones that think do, really don't know how.
 > But that I have always seen, even in the electronics
 > trade. Even some of those are scarded to death of
 > trying any SMT stuff. That is not so bad, really.
 >
 > That is my two cents.
 >
 > Bud
 >
 >
 >
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