On 17/10/2018 16:00, Jeff Liebermann wrote:
On Wed, 17 Oct 2018 08:48:04 +0100, Gareth's Downstairs Computer
wrote:

On 16/10/2018 20:47, Jeff Liebermann wrote:

Let me bring it closer to home. You purchased an expensive HF radio
with all the bells and whistles. It's out of warranty and you need
something fixed. Would you send it to 1) the factory, 2) an
authorized repair station, 3) a rebuilder in China, 4) the ham
equivalent of the shade tree mechanic, or 5) the teenager next door?

If you send to anyone other than yourself then you are not
a real radio ham or radio amateur.

Are you suggesting that you have the ability to repair a modern HF
radio?

Yes

Do you have the equipment?

Yes

Do you have the knowledge?

Yes

I have
both and believe me, it's often very difficult.

Best deal with someone else who is competent, then.

Today's electronics
is not made to be easily repaired.

Best deal with someone else who is competent, then.

Much of the stuff I fix was sent
to me after some ham attempted to fix it themselves. Usually, they
won't admit it. On the repair bench right now is an Astron power
supply, an MFJ-259 antenna analyzer, two HP5300 series counters, and
unfortunately, my IFR-1500 service monitor. All of them are the
results of botched repairs. Can you do better?

Yes. Send them to me with prepaid return packaging.



After you fail, which
of the above 5 choices would be your next step?

I don't fail, so your question has no meaning.

Or would you just
sell the radio and pretend there was nothing wrong?

That's your train of thought but not mine.


A CBer, probably.

It's interesting that all of your brilliant pontifications include a
derogatory comment about CB'ers.

I don't make derogatory comments about CBers but I do distinguish
the operating hobby which is CB Radio and the whole-life technical
pursuit that is amateur radio. CBers in their own world are harmless
until they try to pass themselves off as radio amateurs.


That's odd because I've always
assumed that you are a CB'er or at least own and use a CB radio.

Your modus operandi is to be rude, which is why you are largely
passed over without even being read.


Is
that true?

I am not in a position to determine that what you said is what you
assumed.


Is it possible for you to write something without
mentioning CB or insulting the reader in some manner?

I do not insult my readership. That is your habit.

Judging by your
past history, I doubt it.

Your habit. QED.