[NJARC] Unfathomable

[John Ruccolo]

Hi Rob,

I saw NO boat anchors at all in the pictures -- neither military nor ham. What kind of jerk was this guy??? ;-)

And no breadboards, wireless-era stuff, Catalins, high-end deco sets, or cathedrals. There was one shutter-dial Zenith console that looked pretty good -- with the knobs missing, of course.

I also thought Mr. Whartenby's observation was very astute -- most of us who have been in the hobby for a long time have that problem, to a greater or lesser degree. 

Jim, regarding the DSRC dumpsters -- that was a damn shame -- someone at Sarnoff used very poor judgement. (Folks: please note that this was *before* Alex Magoun was there). I mean, if you're gonna *toss* the stuff, at least give the employees a crack at it. Or perhaps they did -- I distinctly remember a Hammarlund SP-600 at the Lawrenceville Armory hamfest with a big DSRC property sticker on it. Boy, I wish I had bought that radio!

For me, part of the fun *is* in the act of *acquisition* -- not just the radio itself. That's part of the problem.

JR


--- On Thu, 1/29/09, Rob Flory <robandpj at earthlink.net> wrote:

> From: Rob Flory <robandpj at earthlink.net>
> Subject: [NJARC] Unfathomable
> To: "New Jersey Antique Radio Club" <njarc at mailman.qth.net>
> Date: Thursday, January 29, 2009, 12:37 PM
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> How can someone have so many radios, but so few military
> ones?  HI  ;<]
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> Jim speaks the truth: The end problem is that one day you
> own it, the next day it owns you.
> 
> Alex, you're such a bummer, man.
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