Excellent point, Jim!
I have some old boat anchor gear that I keep running, but I don't think
every ham needs to have that knowledge. If they want to fix tube gear,
they'll gain that needed expertise, but if they don't then why learn it?
There's absolutely nothing wrong with SDR; I don't fully understand why
so many people complain about it. If they don;t kike the latest
offerings, there's PLENTY pf used gear on the market they can buy that
will be new to them. The older, analog stuff, got to be about as good as
it could be. There isn't much room for improvement that anyone could
possibly afford. If that's so near and dear to their hearts, I think
they should go avail themselves of that market and lovingly maintain
that gear.
73,
Kim N5OP
On 12/5/2015 2:36 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
On Sat,12/5/2015 11:58 AM, Rob Atkinson wrote:
The same thing has crossed my mind Jack. Or given the stampede to SDR
rigs, class D boxes, the latest XQP3000 rig blah blah, there won't be
anyone left who can converse and understand all vacuum tube gear.
Aside from keeping boat-anchors running, exactly why does that matter?
73, Jim K9YC
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