[Milsurplus] U.S.N. MAK radio FS

[Bruce Gentry]

I was a collector, restorer, and user of classic/antique entertainment 
radios for many years. All the crap you mention here destroyed all the 
joy in that hobby. I found someone  who really enjoyed the radios, and I 
knew would cherish and enjoy rather than sell them,  and sold the whole 
lot to him for a modest price. Other collectors were furious, I don't 
care and I don't miss it one bit. I do get a lot of people angry when I 
refuse to discuss or help them with troubleshooting that equipment, I 
refuse to be used  anymore. The one entertainment radio exception I 
sometimes make for the right people  is the Zenith Transoceanic, it IS a 
military radio (R-520), after all!

      Bruce Gentry

On 2/23/17 11:49 PM, Lee wrote:
> You are spot on, Mike.   I have noticed the same thing.  I've been on 
> the air since 1953 and things are getting worse.  It truly was a 
> gentleman's hobby back then.  Just go to hamfests and see how people 
> dress today.  I have sent things to hams and they don't even give you 
> a "Thank You" when the receive it.  I've even noticed this with some 
> prominent hams.  I dropped being a member of one local club for more 
> then one reason, but one of the reasons was how the club treated a 
> window of a former member on his equipment.  Listen in on some of 
> their conversations on the air.  That will tell you a lot of their 
> makeup too.  I'm amazed at how cheap some people are.  Like when they 
> beg on one of these lists for one simple resistor.  When I need a 
> resistor, I buy 100 of them.  However, I no longer help others out as 
> I once did.  I'll never forget the time I was talking on the air to a 
> neighbor.  Another ham neighbor who is a multimillionaire was 
> listening in to the conversation.  I needed a SO-239 and had just run 
> out of them.  My buddy and I helped each other out under these 
> circumstances.  The third neighbor broke in and said he had some. Then 
> he proceeded to talk out load saying, "let's see,  I payed $1.25 each 
> for them.  I'll let you have one for $2.50!"  All along I had been 
> giving him tubes as he needed them for free and what did he do with 
> them?  He put them in radios he sold for an enormous profit.  This guy 
> was an airline pilot flying to Japan as Captain.  I've got plenty 
> other stories to tell like this. Same goes for giving someone some 
> good advice in depth on one of these lists.  You are lucky to get a 
> thank you for doing so.  So what do I do today?  I keep my mouth shut 
> and don't freely help others out as I once did.  I make exceptions, 
> but they are rare. Then too look at the greed on Ebay with many 
> sellers.  All this is disgusting.
> Lee, w0vt
>>
>> In almost 50 years a ham, I've met more opportunistic dirtbags and 
>> dishonest small-time crooks with call signs at hamfests than I've met 
>> at any other public gathering,
>>
>> Mike / KK5F
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