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Find a younger ham that will take control of all the equipment and liquidate
it when the time comes. I have been doing that for years. I sell the stuff at hamfests or eBay and do not even charge a commission. I keep what does not sell . A funny true story happened to me. A few years ago I got a call from a friend's wife. He was elderly and over a few months he had been going to lunch and never making it, ending up in nearby towns. At one point he was almost vegetative. His Dr's diagnosed him as Alzheimers and told his wife he would never recover. She called me and asked that I liquidate a building full of old radio and test equipment. I went to work and sold some to friends, some on eBay and some at a local swap meet. I just collected the funds until after the swap meet. There were a few things that did not sell at the swap meet, so I figured I was done selling. I called the woman to report my success and she said "just a minute, here is Henry". There was my friend on the other end of the telephone, home and alert. My heart sank. I had to report that I had sold his entire collection of stuff. It was the lowest point of my life. I felt like I had drained the blood from him. But, the rest of the story made for an ok ending. After I told him I had sold all of his equipment, he told me that even though he was home, he was not up to enjoying it and he never would be, so that it was still fine that I had liquidated his stuff. However, he said there were two things he wished he still had and those were two of the three items I could not sell. He was delighted and I felt like the luckiest guy alive. He died about a year later, but we already had liquidated his gear. Colin K7FM |