N4XY responds to Pete's comments about the recommendation of trashing an old, NIB Johnson Whiteface transciver:
QUOTE: Since I can't let Pete's comment(s) sit, I'll make one last public remark, then drop it on the list as far as my own comments are concerned. The trick is going to be to do this without flame. So here goes: Where else does one put an NOS/NIB radio with all the papers/etc? It would be fine to get it out and operate on occasion, but since it is CB, I just wouldn't do that. Yet... I would have considered buying it (these days I probably couldn't have afforded this particular jewel: it's an allocation of resources thing) if I was suitably flush. Why? Because, as I said, I consider it to have serious significance within a Historical perspective of the HF Spectrum. THIS radio was THE radio CBs were compared against for years. I only know about it at all because of the number of 'Citizens' I heard/overheard talking about White-Face-Johnsons. I believe its place in the chronicles of HF Radio in general is a significant one; and it just seems like a shame to find a NEW one and chop it up. Now that I think about it, if I WAS flush, I'd try to buy this myself in a heartbeat. I think it is that significant. Now for the difficult-almost-flame part: Why in the world are you even ON a reflector like this one Pete, if radios-to you-are just bundles of components? And if it's just CBs ONLY that you feel that way about, why is yours an opinion even worth remarking? As folks like to say these days: whatever. Please feel free to disparage all you like off-list-and I guess even one good shot ought to be allowed ON list since I took this one. I actually do not mean it as an insult, but am mostly just curious. You seem to have no respect for equipment at all. One small aside: I do not mean to be wearing false colors: I am the Reflector Manager for the QSL.NET EFJohnson email Reflector. I cannot recall EVER seeing anything about CB on there. If there ever has been, it has been so infrequent I just don't remember it (and wouldn't have paid much attention to it anyway.) I just didn't want somebody thinking about it later and seeing some agenda in this. At 03:43 PM 2006-05-27, Peter A Markavage wrote: >How many of these things need to float around to preserve history? And >preserve it for whom? It's a "plain-jane" CB; a box of hardware and >components connected together. It was one of dozens of models popping up >during that time frame. It wasn't even the first CB on the market. Chop >it up, modify it, turn it into a blender, or whatever. It has little >historic significance for future generations. Personally, I would sell >it, and buy a real radio. > >Pete, wa2cwa >///snip 72/73 Ed Tanton N4XY <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> = = = "Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it" - so I guess we all know what to buy Pete for Christmas this year!
