Daniel J. Morlan wrote:
I often wonder if the hams who can't have enough HF transmitters or
transcievers often outbid the newer hams looking for a working HF rig
who are quite strapped for cash. The hobby is an expensive one, to be
sure, but I wonder if the zealous "five transcievers is better than
one" crowd, which do exist, much like the pipesmokers who have a
rotation of well over twenty or thirty, often hundreds of pipes...

Something to POSSIBLY consider when a newbie is bidding on something
on eBay...

Mind you, it's not ANYONE'S responsibility that a poor ham get their
equipment. They should earn the bucks for it, save up, and buy the
thing, OR they should build their own. I just wanted to float the
idea for consideration. I don't subscribe to this idea, really, as
even a thinking point, but it's there in the back of my mind.

The more I think about it, the less of a deal I think it is, but I did
want to float it out there. I guess what I'm saying, what I should
have said... If someone has five HF transceivers, a half dozen 2 meter
rigs, etc... How much better is it to have more?

This is not an admonition, just a passing thought is all.

73, KG6TKA

Dan

Dan,

Interesting idea. I'm one of those people who has more radios than
antennas (I think that is what you are saying), BUT... I loan them out
to new or prospective hams. I had one radio that I loaned to seven
different people who all became hams. I finally sold it to the seventh
guy (I miss that radio!).

Give something back to any hobby that you want to endure.

73,
Dave
KZ1O

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