[Milsurplus] Re: Stinson Scale

[Dave And Merrijoy]

Hopefully, when all is discussed and decided, the final grading system will 
be put here.
Many thanks for all the contributions.
Dave w9ocm


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To: "David Stinson" <arc5 at ix.netcom.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 8:47 AM
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Re: Stinson Scale


> How about adding a plus and minus? So something might be a scarce +
>
> John
>
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>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Hue Miller" <kargo_cult at msn.com>
>>
>>> We have Hertz, Amperes, and Volts. How about a unit of
>>> scarcity, in Stinson units? Or call it the "Stinson Scale",
>>
>> ACK!  Thank you for your kindness, Hue, but I'm really serious
>> about the community needing a definition of what's easy to
>> collect and what's not.  If I named the system after myself,
>> it just becomes a joke in most people's eyes.
>>
>>> 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....
>>
>> I think 10 is too many grades.  If we make too many fine
>> distinctions, the system becomes arbitrary- subject
>> more to opinion than fact.  The idea of the system is to give
>> the collector the information he most wants: how hard am
>> I going to have to work to acquire one of these items?
>> "Common" means he can find one with a little effort.
>> "Scarce" means he's going to have to work at it awhile.
>> "Rare" means it will take a long time, and he may never get one.
>> "Unique" means there's only one, so if you have it, take special care.
>> And "Extinct " is, of course, self-explanitory.
>> I don't know how we would make further distinctions
>> between those without introducing "haze" into the system.
>>
>> 73,
>> Dave S.
>>
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