[Milsurplus] Re: Stinson Scale

[WA5CAB at cs.com]

Sounds reasonable to me.  I was going to mention to Dave that I thought there 
needed to be at least one grade between Common and Scarce.  I know of a 
number of sets or components of sets where I could probably come up with current 
whereabouts of 50+ examples.  But they are for the most part in the hands of 
currently active collectors of either radios or MV's.  And most of the owners are 
younger than I am so I probably won't simply outlive them.  :-)

In a message dated 12/3/2008 12:52:40 AM Central Standard Time, 
kargo_cult at msn.com writes: 
> >Can't pass up the chance to flog my "Scarcity Scale." ;-)
> >I'd define the ATB as "Scarce," meaning that 
> >it can can be acquired with considerable effort.
> 
> We have Hertz, Amperes, and Volts. How about a unit of
> scarcity, in Stinson units? Or call it the "Stinson Scale",
> like the Richter Scale idea. ( except not a geometric or
> exponential progression ).
> To calibrate the end points, consider a ham-modified 
> BC-645: they're available, but no one wants them. That
> would be zero. A "10" would be Dave's example of "M"
> A.R.C. sets.  The BC-348 would be about a 5, equilibrium.
> What say?   -Hue Miller  K7HUE
> 

Robert & Susan Downs - Houston
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