Hello ALL;
I must be really slow today! I still don't see your point.
73 Paul wait a minute, was this originated on the first of April?
-----Original Message-----
From: Walter S Delesandri <walt@jove.acs.unt.edu>
To: Jim Lowman <jmlowman@ix.netcom.com>
Cc: Steve Ellington N4LQ <n4lq@iglou.com>; tentec@contesting.com
<tentec@contesting.com>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Date: Saturday, April 03, 1999 5:47 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] TX-100 going going gone
>
>Hello Jim, others....
>I always remember hams being cheap....oh, yeah, there was always
>the rich doctor/etc....but most of the old 'curmudgeons' were
>cheapskates...they might be worth a million bux, but you'd not
>know it by looking at them at a ham swap!!! So I came by my
>tendencies 'honest' as they say!!!
>Jim, here's a quick rundown to ponder:
>Bought a Collins KWT-6 at auction for $60. Got three PM2
>power supplies thrown in for free (no one wanted them, even for
>free- says a lot about our hams today). Traded it for an EXC
>condition KWM-2. Bought a 51J4 from a CBer for $25...fixed it..
>traded for another KWM-2, this time minty condition. Bought a
>Drake TR4CW....$150...fixed it...traded for a mint- 75S3B....
>Bought a 32S-1 (oops, had to pay money for that one....oh well.
>Bought heath HP23 for $5. another one for $10. 2m- bought
>prc-27 for $75...rebuilt battery pack and built a charger...it'll
>last for armeggedon...my Chevy truck-Graduate student needed
>$1000 to stay out of jail....:) :)....my clean Nissan sentra was
>free with (already) rebuilt motor....needed carburetor and
>battery....you get the picture....also, bought and restored
>much 1950s and60s hi-fi gear....traded all of it for down
>payment on house....now my mortage/insurance is $350/month....
>
>
>A guy on the Collins group once joked about the old geezers at
>hamfests with beat up station wagons and dirty overalls buying
>radios....that'll be me, BTW,....just remember when I outbid
>this smartass at the next auction, I ain't got a $500 car payment
>or $$1000 rent this month!! :) :) :) It offended me because
>the "old geezer with bib overalls and the 1972 station wagon"
>was probably my elmer, who could buy and sell most of the
>"collins" boys...wonder why?......
>Patience, Jim......that's how I just bought a nice Drake 2B covered
>with filth for $60.....cost me a new 15M xtal ($5-on sale) and
>a bottle of windex!! to restore....hi hi...now we'll see how
>much the 'boys' bid on that 51S1 up for auction next meeting...
>hi hi
>
>73, Walt
>
>On
>Sat,
>3
>Apr 1999, Jim Lowman wrote:
>
>>
>> I really enjoyed reading this thread, especially Walt's comments.
>>
>> Part of the reason that sellers get the ridiculous prices on Ebay
>> is that some of us have more money than patience. If we adopt
>> the point of view that we will get exactly what we want, at a good
>> price...eventually...it is likely to come true.
>>
>> When I was a new ham in 1966, naturally I admired the revered
>> Collins S-Line, but could afford only a Drake R-4 and T-4X, which
>> I have to this day. As an 18-year-old college student, Collins gear
>> was well beyond my reach then. While that is not true today, I
>> refuse to pay exorbitant prices for that gear. In fact, I signed off the
>> Collins list for that reason.
>>
>> A good friend recently acquired a KWM-2, in nice condition and at
>> a reasonable price. While I joke with him about always being in the
>> right place at the right time for a good deal, his patience was
>> rewarded.
>>
>> It is easy to succumb to the temptation to pay too much for used gear.
>> In my case, I paid about $500 for a Ten-Tec Argonaut 515 about a year
>> ago, although it's a beauty, and came with the semi-rare model 208-A
>> notch and CW filter box. Later, I bought the matching power supply
>> from the same seller. My friend kids me to this day for paying $75
>> for a 1-amp power supply!
>>
>> On another front, I had pursued a HW-9 for over a year, willing to pay
>> an inflated price. Fortunately, some of you on QRP-L and the Heathkit
>> lists pointed out that the HW-9 is fine for the sake of nostalgia, but
>> isn't up to the performance of today's QRP rigs.
>>
>> What's the old saying? Good things come to those who wait?
>>
>> 73 de Jim - AD6CW
>>
>>
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