[MRCA] problems owning/buying rare radios

[Tim]

Looong after those proprietary LCD displays and microscopic microprocessors
in the KenYaeIc's flame out - the GRC-109 will be cranking out contacts!
No EMP sponges for me....  ;0)

N6CC

On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 8:59 PM, D. Platt <jeepp at comcast.net> wrote:

> On 3/11/2012 10:50 PM, J. Forster wrote:
> > Al,
> >
> > I'm getting to agree with you. If a piece of gear is loaded with custom
> > parts or potted or w/o any documentation, I pass it by.
> >
> > For me, this applies mostly to Test Equipment, because my taste in radios
> > goes more to WW II and Korea gear.
> >
> > FWIW,
> >
> > -John
> >
> > ============
> >
> In my humble opinion, if I can't reasonably expect that I can fix it
> when it breaks, or have some LOG support nearby and accessible, I won't
> touch it, anymore.  Years ago when I worked for a ITT/EPL, our small
> special projects group (all but one was a ham) had a saying:  "One
> always needs two, a pair, and a spare."   That way, there's always an
> out.  Although I fully appreciate the current and near-current green
> radio sets,  I choose not to acqiure any of them and I don't do "static
> displays".  For me, anything more than a GRC-19, and maybe... maybe a
> GRC-106, and that's it.   Also, my days of ready access to current T.O.
> s and TMs is past.  I think my last manual pick-up was for a couple of
> PRC-68B UHF sets.  I'll think I'll just hang with my ARC-8's and
> such..... Urrrah!
>
> Jeep - K3HVG
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