[Milsurplus] "Oldtimer bitching"? Or Timely Warning? You Decide.

[K4TQF at yahoo.com]

Don & others:
No, you're not bitching at all. I worked in and around the audio recording business most of my adult life. I was there in the late late '60's & 70's when the big transition from tube to solid-state occurred. I wound up with tons of pro audio gear. Most of it was throw away or cheap. I held onto it for 40 years just becauseI couldn't stand to throw it away. I've been selling it on ebay for the past 15 years. $40,000 3M / 24 track recorder went for $1K and the "collector" had to drive from Seattle Washington to Arkansas to pick it up ! I most likely lost money on all my sales due to storage fees  all these years. But, it has let me buy a bunch of old RF gear that nobody wants ! Just look at my QRZed page. That's just a fraction of it. 
The selling of the old audio gear peaked several years ago when the demographic shifted to the younger crowd who wouldn't know a tube if they saw one. Much less how to work on anything with voltage on it or even solder for that matter. 
When I walk thru NEARFEST these days... it's a bunch of oldtimers, like me. They have plenty of this junk and the younger ones don't know what to do with it. 
I had a kid helping me clean out earlier this month. He was incredulous that I actually owned vinyl records  and almost flipped when he saw my turntable. Apparently, the hip-hop crowd or rappers or whatever they call themselves are using vinyl again. And so it goes...
Mike, K4TQF
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