Jim I am sure the widows of the hams you helped appreciate the effort. Great job!
Dave wo2x Sent from my waxed string and tin cans. > On Jan 3, 2019, at 8:17 PM, Jim Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 1/3/2019 4:25 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote: >> While you quote a 50-50 split with the estate, most individual hams will do >> that for a greater share to the survivors - giving all but the expenses >> incurred to the survivors. > > When I helped a neighbor ham's widow dispose of his stuff about ten years > ago, she got EVERYTHING except what I had to pay for shipping. I did all the > packing. Buyers picked up the antennas and power amps. I bought all of the > hard line. Ditto for a few years ago when a neighbor ham moved out of his > house and moved onto a sailboat! In fact, with the widow, I categorized his > huge junkbox, coax, hardline, and antennas. I coordinated more than dozen or > so of his friends to take down his antennas and his towers. At least three > guys did the climbing, with lots of help on the ground. And when we had sold > as much as we could, several of us helped her drag what was left to several > ham swap meets. > > I took a bunch of the stuff I wanted, and paid her what anyone else would > have paid for it. > > This is the ham radio that I grew up in, and I hope my XYL be treated that > way too. > > 73, Jim K9YC > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
