Jim, Sorry to hear about the bad news. I suspect there is a load of equipment sitting in peoples basements, in barns, garages, etc, just rusting away. People cant seem to part with it, but don't use it.
I know a friend close by who has two 32v3's sitting in his basement, he never used them in 30 years, and has not used his regular rig in 10 years. I just don't get it, I got rid of everything except 2 pieces (G76 and a 32V3) as I never used the other stuff, even though it was nice to look at and fool with. I built the homebrew stuff and sold all the classic stuff off, let someone use and enjoy it, I had my fun with it. Parts and tubes are the same way, plenty of people have a bunch of it and I wonder how much will get used before it rusts away, rots, leaks air, goes in the dumpster, etc.. Brett N2DTS > > Charlie, > > I read this email in a different way than most. To > me it was a wake up call to get my projects moving, > and not asumme that there is always another 20-30 > years remaining to do fun ham radio stuff. In the last > few months two close family members have received bad > medical news that took the wind out of their forward > going outlook. Something to think about since someday > we will all be a SK. :-( > > So make some "Angel-Music" with them 813's! > > Regards, > Jim > WD5JKO > > --- charles free <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hello all, > > > > I have a buddy who insists that if I don't get my > > old > > 813's out of the "future project" box and fire the > > filaments up on them now and then, the base seals > > will > > eventually deteriorate. I guess he is talking about > > the adhesive that secures the base to the bulb. I > > don't see how the glass envelope where the leads > > pass > > through the glass could be affected by lack of use, > > but maybe one of you folks has experience with this. > > > > Anybody heard of this one before? > > > > W4MEC, Charlie in NC > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > > protection around > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > AMRadio mailing list > > Home: > > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html > > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > AMfone Website: http://www.amfone.net > > AM List Admin: Brian Sherrod/w5ami, Paul > > Courson/wa3vjb > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > AMRadio mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html > Post: mailto:[email protected] > AMfone Website: http://www.amfone.net > AM List Admin: Brian Sherrod/w5ami, Paul Courson/wa3vjb >
