- 21. Re: [TenTec] OT: Old QSTs, CQs, etc. (score: 1)
- Author: Richards <jruing@ameritech.net>
- Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2011 00:27:15 -0500
- Not kidding. I did not know. I happen to know a lot of guys who restore cars, but rarely ever drive them. Look up Gilmore... as in Gilmore car museum... My wife spent years managing Estate Sales, and
- /archives//html/TenTec/2011-12/msg00285.html (10,392 bytes)
- 22. Re: [TenTec] OT: Old QSTs, CQs, etc. (score: 1)
- Author: w8au@sssnet.com
- Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2011 01:35:46 -0500
- I second Dave's motion on this one. My QST collection dates from 1915 to the present and I started collecting about 40 years ago. I made sure I read each batch I found before putting in the bookshelf
- /archives//html/TenTec/2011-12/msg00286.html (10,855 bytes)
- 23. Re: [TenTec] OT: Old QSTs, CQs, etc. (score: 1)
- Author: "Rick - DJ0IP / NJ0IP" <Rick@DJ0IP.de>
- Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2011 08:30:02 +0100
- Me. I collected for 25 years and NEVER had time to read the mags. Career and family didn't permit the time. I kept thinking, well when I'm retired I can read them. Now I'm retired and still don't hav
- /archives//html/TenTec/2011-12/msg00287.html (11,762 bytes)
- 24. Re: [TenTec] OT: Old QSTs, CQs, etc. (score: 1)
- Author: Jim WA9YSD <wa9ysd@yahoo.com>
- Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2011 05:36:36 -0800 (PST)
- Throw them out or put them on E-Bay or Eham. You cannot take them with you when you die. The XYL will toss them out in the garbage or some ham with take them to a swap fest then trash them if not so
- /archives//html/TenTec/2011-12/msg00294.html (9,079 bytes)
- 25. Re: [TenTec] OT: Old QSTs, CQs, etc. (score: 1)
- Author: Carter <k8vt@ameritech.net>
- Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2011 19:05:15 -0500
- Sadly, that is the answer. When I moved out of my parents house, I had 20 years of QST, CQ, Ham Radio and 73. I called 3 or 4 Public Libraries and then 3 university libraries. No one, repeat, NO ONE
- /archives//html/TenTec/2011-12/msg00295.html (9,339 bytes)
- 26. Re: [TenTec] OT: Old QSTs, CQs, etc. (score: 1)
- Author: Jim Lowman <jmlowman@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2011 16:20:35 -0800
- Sadly, when QST and other magazines get to be about six months old, they go in the blue bin. Years ago, when I was more active in the local club, members would drop off their copies, especially after
- /archives//html/TenTec/2011-12/msg00296.html (10,682 bytes)
- 27. Re: [TenTec] OT: Old QSTs, CQs, etc. (score: 1)
- Author: Jim Lowman <jmlowman@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2011 16:51:57 -0800
- As they became available, I ordered the CDs with five years of QST in each set, beginning with 1960-64; about the time that I first became interested in ham radio. To be honest, they have sat on the
- /archives//html/TenTec/2011-12/msg00297.html (9,489 bytes)
- 28. Re: [TenTec] OT: Old QSTs, CQs, etc. (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron Notarius W3WN" <wn3vaw@verizon.net>
- Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2011 20:17:24 -0500
- Well, if there's anyone in decent driving distance of Pittsburgh is planning to pitch their older QSTs, talk to me first. I once had every issue from 1970 onwards; I regret having to give them away,
- /archives//html/TenTec/2011-12/msg00298.html (9,776 bytes)
- 29. Re: [TenTec] OT: Old QSTs, CQs, etc. (score: 1)
- Author: John K3GHH <k3ghh@arrl.net>
- Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2011 09:05:48 -0500
- As the original poster in this thread, I thank everyone for the responses. It's good to see such a wide range of views, from "discard after 6 months" to "keep them all." For the record, I got those b
- /archives//html/TenTec/2011-12/msg00301.html (11,027 bytes)
- 30. Re: [TenTec] OT: Old QSTs, CQs, etc. (score: 1)
- Author: "Kris Merschrod" <Kris@merschrod.net>
- Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2011 10:02:46 -0500
- John, Many thanks for the excellent summary of commentary - it was a long thread. The sobbering reflection on what happens to accumulated treasures is food for thought. Perhaps a slow and steady flow
- /archives//html/TenTec/2011-12/msg00302.html (13,220 bytes)
- 31. Re: [TenTec] OT: Old QSTs, CQs, etc. (score: 1)
- Author: "Rick - DJ0IP / NJ0IP" <Rick@DJ0IP.de>
- Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2011 16:35:13 +0100
- John, On the retirement front, you left one thing out which I guess we men don't tend to plan for, but believe me it's alive and just waiting on us... Yes, I too thought I would retire and sit in an
- /archives//html/TenTec/2011-12/msg00303.html (10,051 bytes)
- 32. Re: [TenTec] OT: Old QSTs, CQs, etc. (score: 1)
- Author: W4ABW@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2011 10:45:59 -0500 (EST)
- In my small library in an equally small town in Western NC there is a demand for any magazine. They bundle them in sacks of 10 magazines and sell that sack for a dime. Yep, a dime in year 2011. They
- /archives//html/TenTec/2011-12/msg00304.html (8,333 bytes)
- 33. Re: [TenTec] OT: Old QSTs, CQs, etc. (score: 1)
- Author: Ed <autek@comcast.net>
- Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2011 10:53:27 -0500
- True oh how so true........finished her list in just under a year. Ed W3NR _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing list TenTec@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailma
- /archives//html/TenTec/2011-12/msg00305.html (9,245 bytes)
- 34. Re: [TenTec] OT: Old QSTs, CQs, etc. (score: 1)
- Author: Clayton Brantley <clayton_n4ev@yahoo.com>
- Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2011 09:25:36 -0800 (PST)
- Rick: The FIRST thing I had to do when I retired was to buy a battery operated wrist watch, I didn't have time to wind my old one! HI You are right on with the Honey-do list... I work my &^% off a
- /archives//html/TenTec/2011-12/msg00306.html (11,201 bytes)
- 35. Re: [TenTec] OT: Old QSTs, CQs, etc. (score: 1)
- Author: k3miy@csonline.net
- Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2011 13:15:53 -0500
- Guys You were probably blessed with good looks. When I was younger, i had to wear thick glasses; made me look ugly. That, and being broke most of the time, made it easy to escape from the ladies. No
- /archives//html/TenTec/2011-12/msg00307.html (10,481 bytes)
- 36. Re: [TenTec] OT: Old QSTs, CQs, etc. (score: 1)
- Author: Richards <jruing@ameritech.net>
- Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2011 16:50:28 -0500
- Sheesh, Rick, ... I suggested scanning them and reducing the pile to a bunch of PDF files, but no one picked up on it. An issue of "QST" compresses down to about 18 MB If I use Adobe Acrobat Standard
- /archives//html/TenTec/2011-12/msg00308.html (9,230 bytes)
- 37. Re: [TenTec] OT: Old QSTs, CQs, etc. (score: 1)
- Author: "W8KZW" <w8kzw@arrl.net>
- Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2011 17:15:15 -0500
- I acquired an estate years ago, and with it came what I believe to be all - or nearly all - CQ's, QST's, HR, 73, and other - radio magazines since day one. At least, the four floor-to-ceiling piles i
- /archives//html/TenTec/2011-12/msg00309.html (9,689 bytes)
- 38. Re: [TenTec] OT: Old QSTs, CQs, etc. (score: 1)
- Author: Richards <jruing@ameritech.net>
- Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2011 17:32:57 -0500
- Sheesh... I don't get what you guys are talking about. I have been retired 5 years and we have no such list at my house. I don't take orders from her, nor she from me. I guess we just take care of st
- /archives//html/TenTec/2011-12/msg00310.html (10,678 bytes)
- 39. Re: [TenTec] OT: Old QSTs, CQs, etc. (score: 1)
- Author: Carl Moreschi <n4py2@earthlink.net>
- Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2011 17:50:47 -0500
- Nice pics. Disconnecting from those bulkhead connections in the house is the best place for lightning protection. The only thing different I would have done is have the bulkhead connectors all connec
- /archives//html/TenTec/2011-12/msg00311.html (11,375 bytes)
- 40. Re: [TenTec] OT: Old QSTs, CQs, etc. (score: 1)
- Author: "Rick - DJ0IP / NJ0IP" <Rick@DJ0IP.de>
- Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2011 00:11:25 +0100
- Well you're talking about one magazine, out of the past. I'm talking about now and the future. I'm talking about lots of magazines, going forward. You see, I do not get CQ magazine in paper form. I s
- /archives//html/TenTec/2011-12/msg00312.html (11,279 bytes)
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