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

[Lee]

Bruce,

You got it!  After my post last night I see many new posts giving 
excuses why bad manners happen.  That is the new modern way.  It is 
never ones own fault.  Their actions are always someone else s fault!  
Case in point.  It was mentioned we are all busy with lots of other 
noise and tend to forget.  Forget?  You send a guy a package free, 
charging no postage and no cost for the goods and the guy can't even 
send you an e-mail and say thanks because he has too much other noise in 
his life.  I say BS.  This is a sign of his character.  Yes there are 
some really nice hams out there. Better then me by far.  But,  the truth 
is, their numbers are not the norm.  In my book, you are judged by your 
actions and not the "other noise in your life!"

Lee, w0vt


On 2/23/2017 11:36 PM, Bruce Gentry wrote:
> 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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