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http://tinyurl.com/c5qyv

Still in the box!
The dusty box remains unopened. No attempt has yet been made to open
it. The empty boast has yet to be fulfilled.

Dave K8MN

I have an ARX2B like that.

Great. Did you boast that you were going to open it seven years ago?

Why no, Dave. I boasted that I was going to purchase it seven years
ago.

When it does get opened, it will be as if
new.

Maybe it will be; maybe it won't be. You won't know for certain until
you open it.

Why wouldn't it be perfect? It's never been opened, and the box is
intact.

Some mateirals deteriorate over time. The plastics used in some types
of coaxial cable are one example.

Which part of the ARX2B do you think has deteriorated? The aluminum
elements, the stainless steel screws, or the coaxial runner?

He KNOWS, Brian, He KNOWS...now watch a whole new sub-thread
evolve from that...dozens of posts wherein Jimmie NOserve will
"show"
that YOU are at fault and he is absolutely, totally blameless. :-)

Is the World's Greatest DXer suggesting that Cushcraft products are
defective or have poor quality control?

Did Cushcraft use only coax with a noncontaminating jacket?

Did they?

Tsk. Jimmie NOT know?!? Why he ask question instead of stating
reply as his fact?


And rest assured, I can open it at any time.

Len is in his eighth decade of life.

As I said before, it's just my FIRST CENTURY. :-)


Then he would be perfect as a new ham. He could even apply through the
Vanity Call System and get an old-timey callsign so people would think
he was an old hand at this amateur stuff...

That would require opening the box first. Not going to happen, IMHO.

Your opinion is not humble. Besides, Len just might surprise you.

Then again, I might not. :-)

Instead of your Federal Register Watch, you might query the FCC data
base each day for Len's new callsign.

Best of Luck.

"New callsign?" Which one of my old callsigns is changing?
WRRR? WREX? WMCW? WBEL? KFAC? KMPC?

As far as I know WRRR went out of business. All the others are
chugging right along, though. [WRRR was a difficult ID to say
during station breaks...:-) ]

But, I digress. All must remember that engine-ear Jimmie done
made a "pronouncement" on a "deteriorating" Cushcraft product.
It no good if Jimmie done say it is...and that's that! :-)

LA