Women, frying pans, and rolling pins are not a good match! I don't blame you a
bit : )
Best,
Will
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On 7/29/06 at 7:36 PM k7fm wrote:
>>Of course, you could take
>>the same money that you spent on the MFJ amp and build your own and have
>>some pride about it and money left over, but this is too much to ask from
>>most of our current amateur radio fraternity.
>
>Boy, is that a mistake. Building something myself is a lot more expensive
>than going down to the store and buying it. To make the chassis look
>good,
>I buy hole punches. Then, I need a milling machine and lathe, a painting
>booth, a compressor, a bending brake and shear are almost essential and on
>and on.
>
>I am now trying to figure out how to get an engraving machine so I can get
>nice front panels - one step up from the decals.
>
>Pretty soon, I have $20,000 of equipment and have to drive around in an
>old
>truck because I have spent so much money on tools to build an amplifier.
>I
>painted the amp, but did not like the color, so have to strip it and do it
>again. Now, I am selecting knobs. The ones I picked do not look good on
>the amp.
>
>I had to find just the right meters, then custom make the meter scale,
>after
>buying software to do that.
>
>I could have gone out and put in some extra hours working at minimum wage,
>shared part of the earnings with the governments and purchased a nice
>looking Ameritron. I do not operate RTTY, so the Ameritron would work
>fine.
>
>Hope my wife does not find this confession.
>
>73, Colin K7FM
>
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