first,

i always have to laugh at the "open forum" here. it's kinda like
christmas as a kid, for me. you expect something new, but as always, same
****, different box. save the breath on free speech, i am
done...............

i can understand joe's reaction. 'most" people who frequent this group
look at a junker radio and see what can be raised from the ashes. if you
don't, you probably don't like boatanchors. yes, we scalp "junk" to keep the
others living, however most take no pleasure in it. i, for one, am not proud
of scalping old rigs. i'd like to save them all. truth is, we can't. and if
i wish to continue to use and enjoy my heathkits, swans,
hammarlunds..................i will have to do this from time to time.

however, to take a perfectly working rig and dice it up for parts, is
absurd. i can relate with joe's comments, i love old radios. any brand. for
me, the monitary value does not matter. (flamers note: i said ME) i would
venture to say "most" hams have one piece of equipment in the station that
money simply can not buy.

yes, it is his stuff. yes, he can do whatever he wants. yes, we will not
stop it. blah blah blah.

yes, it is sad to see.

your milage may, and probably will vary.

--
73 de KU4YP Member Flying Pigs QRP
Michael Prevatt #225
Bartow, Florida Member Florida Contest Group
" Uncle Peter" wrote in message
news:rYbsc.4507$0d6.4465@lakeread03...

"John Miller" wrote in message
...
JOE wrote:
This is like his 4th or 5th complete stripping out of Heathkit rigs.

Etc.

Joe, let me ask you this: if by sacrificing one rig he can enable the
resurrection of a dozen Heathkits which otherwise would have been
consigned
to the scrap heap, wouldn't you think that would be a *good* thing?

That was not a rhetorical question. I'd be interested in your answser.


It would be far better to scrap out the dozen Heathkits destined for the
scrap heap, rather than part out what was described as being a
"pristine" unit earlier. It don't make any sense to part out
pristine examples, since few have survived in that condition.

BTW, 465s are a dime a dozen, not rare, and there are already
hundreds of parts units available from dealers... I doubt you would
gain financially from that venture...

Pete

KU4YP wrote:

first,

i always have to laugh at the "open forum" here. it's kinda like
christmas as a kid, for me. you expect something new, but as always, same
****, different box. save the breath on free speech, i am
done...............

i can understand joe's reaction. 'most" people who frequent this group
look at a junker radio and see what can be raised from the ashes. if you
don't, you probably don't like boatanchors. yes, we scalp "junk" to keep the
others living, however most take no pleasure in it. i, for one, am not proud
of scalping old rigs. i'd like to save them all. truth is, we can't. and if
i wish to continue to use and enjoy my heathkits, swans,
hammarlunds..................i will have to do this from time to time.

however, to take a perfectly working rig and dice it up for parts, is
absurd. i can relate with joe's comments, i love old radios. any brand. for
me, the monitary value does not matter. (flamers note: i said ME) i would
venture to say "most" hams have one piece of equipment in the station that
money simply can not buy.

yes, it is his stuff. yes, he can do whatever he wants. yes, we will not
stop it. blah blah blah.

yes, it is sad to see.

Just because it is a persons "right" to do something - and make no
mistake about it, if he wants to crap in the radio, then run over it
with his car - it is his to do it with. But that really doesn't make it
right.

A person that loves old radios would almost never tear apart a mint rig.

But of course, we are talking about Ebay here. A person would do well
to take any claims as to "mintness" with a big bag of salt!

- Mike KB3EIA -

KU4YP wrote:
snip
however, to take a perfectly working rig and dice it up for
parts, is absurd. i can relate with joe's comments, i love old
radios. any brand. for me, the monitary value does not matter.
(flamers note: i said ME) i would venture to say "most" hams have one
piece of equipment in the station that money simply can not buy.

For me, it's the Heath GR-54 mentioned just today in the thread about the
AT-1. My brother and I built it while in high school...around 1966. When
he passed away in 1993, I just happened to have possession...we had passed
it back & forth over the years. I probably wouldn't have been able to bring
it back on the airplane from Phoenix (where I went to arrange shipping of
the body back to Missouri) had it been in his hands at the time.

OTOH, the faceplate is cracked, and there's a knob missing...so, if anyone
were parting out one--even a 'pristine, perfectly working example'--I'd be
interested in those parts, and glad to have them.

I guess this example represents both sides of the argument....

jak


yes, it is his stuff. yes, he can do whatever he wants. yes, we
will not stop it. blah blah blah.

yes, it is sad to see.

your milage may, and probably will vary.


"John Miller" wrote in message
...
JOE wrote:
This is like his 4th or 5th complete stripping out of Heathkit
rigs.

Etc.

Joe, let me ask you this: if by sacrificing one rig he can enable
the resurrection of a dozen Heathkits which otherwise would have
been consigned to the scrap heap, wouldn't you think that would be
a *good* thing?

That was not a rhetorical question. I'd be interested in your
answser.


It would be far better to scrap out the dozen Heathkits destined for
the scrap heap, rather than part out what was described as being a
"pristine" unit earlier. It don't make any sense to part out
pristine examples, since few have survived in that condition.

BTW, 465s are a dime a dozen, not rare, and there are already
hundreds of parts units available from dealers... I doubt you would
gain financially from that venture...

Pete