[Milsurplus] [Boatanchors] [BoatAnchors] An object lesson

[Ian Wilson]

If Apex Surplus does have it, you can't afford it.

73, ian K3IMW

On Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 9:55 AM, David Harmon <k6xyz at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> If Apex Surplus does not have it....it never existed.
>
> 73
>
> David Harmon
> K6XYZ
> Sperry, OK
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Boatanchors [mailto:boatanchors-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf
> Of
> David Stinson
> Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2015 11:39 AM
> To: milsurplus at mailman.qth.net; boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] [BoatAnchors] An object lesson
>
> Read-  Heed.
> You'll be glad you did.
> \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bonds, A B via BoatAnchors" <boatanchors at theporch.com>
> To: <boatanchors at theporch.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2015 11:22 AM
> Subject: [BoatAnchors] An object lesson
>
>
> > This is a farewell to a good friend, but also an object lesson.
> >
> > Nelson Weber was my best pal in High School.  We were both
> > wire-heads, and he showed considerable skill at circuit
> > analysis and design.  At age 15 (around 1962) he designed and
> > built a 100w mono amplifier around an Acrosound output
> > transformer and six 6HF5's in pp parallel.  Clean as a whistle.
> > After his visit to the Land of the Little People (elect tech at
> > Ton Son Nhut airbase) he went to work for Dolby labs,
> > acoustivoicing theaters.  We were thrown out of more than one
> > high-end audio boutique when he showed up with his calibrated
> > mikes and Altec spectrum analyzer.  His last job (to my
> > knowledge) was doing audio for Universal Studios in LA.
> >
> > Over the years he accumulated an enormous pile of gear, very
> > high-end and usually at fire-sale prices.  Think McIntosh,
> > Marantz, Fisher, Dynaco, HH Scott, Ampex.  It came to fill his
> > house and his yard.
> >
> > About three months ago he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer
> > and entered a hospice a month ago.  He died (age 67) on March
> > 10.
> >
> > His sister and niece cleaned out the house and yard.  The gear
> > went to the curb and to a dumpster.  What did they know of it?
> > Fortunately someone emptied the dumpster and much of the gear
> > went to Apex Surplus in the San Fernando Valley  (some is still
> > there, if you are in the area).   But the relatives did not get
> > a dime from it.
> >
> > Have a plan, folks.
> >
> > A. B. Bonds
> >
> >
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