[Milsurplus] Hamfests, et al

[Gene Smar]

In a similar vein, I used to enjoy seeing photos of other Hams' shacks 
back in the 60s when I got started in this hobby.  The larger the boxes 
on the kitchen table or desk top or custom shelving, the more impressed 
I became.  But today's shack more resembles a police dispatch center 
with all the monitors and keyboards throughout the pix.  Not a boat 
anchor to be found among the lot.  Even the shacks of the early 80s had 
more boxes than monitors.

Where is the Heathkit, Collins and Drake equipment?  Now THAT was 
industrial design art.


73 de
Gene Smar  AD3F

On 10/19/2021 12:34 AM, Brian McQueen wrote:
> I light my filaments on a regular basis. Only one rice box in the shack (6 mtr). When the wx  is nice, I walk away from glowing radios, and go take a long putt on my ‘38 Harley Knucklehead.  As Joe Walsh (WB6ACU) sang: “I’m an analog man in a digital world....).  I’m content to live in the past - it fits my lifestyle. Don’t apologize for how you are!  It’s worked for me for sixty yrs now.
>
> 73 fer now - Brian. WJ0P
>
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>
>> On Oct 18, 2021, at 11:22 PM, David Stinson <arc5 at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>>
>> Put simply- We're living in a Tesla/Prius world,
>> and we're driving and trying to sell Egyptian chariots.
>> (lots of guys are trying to sell those chariots at Prius
>> prices- Good luck with that).  A few of us "charioteers"
>> are still riding, but fewer every day.  The "ham radio"
>> you and I knew and loved will gently fade away like
>> the last rays of sunset.  Such is the inescapable
>> fate of everything created by the hand of Man.
>>
>> Don't value your passions by the opinions of the cattle herd.
>> Don't abandon your much-loved chariot just because there
>> are so few on the road.
>> Enjoy your radios.  Fellowship with those of us who remain.
>> Accept that all things fade.
>> Cease the time.  Do that project you value *now.*
>> "Make Now always the most precious time.
>> Now will never come again."
>> Also remember that for a person of Faith,
>> nothing is forgotten.  Nothing is lost.
>>
>> Dave S.
>>
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