[Yaesu] Marginally On Topic Discussions

[Rob Atkinson]

Shipping as a topic flourishes because there is no "shipping reflector."
The extent to which it is tolerated depends on the moderator.

There is a silver lining in everything and here it is that these disaster
stories should motivate hams to revert back to what almost all hams did 40
years ago, which was have a fully equipped running work bench in their
shacks and make their own repairs.  I got sick and tired of sending things
out for repair.  What a way to live for a ham.  this is one of the things
that drove me into vintage gear, AM and CW.  Half of ham radio is learning
about electronics, homebrewing, modifying and restoring and fixing.   I am
in the process of setting up a bench and going back to hand wired vacuum
tube gear.

Instead of shipping, discuss repair of Yaesu gear.  That will be on-topic
and productive.

73

Rob
K5UJ