Ha..My cat loved to lie on my Heath 401 (operated split with a 75A3)During a CW
QSO the other station just disappeared!Then I realized the cat liked to "rest
her paws" on the 401 VFO dial.....I was transmitting somewhere else.....JimSent
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-------- Original message --------From: "Bob, WB2VUF via TenTec"
<tentec@contesting.com> Date: 1/27/21 9:52 PM (GMT-05:00) To: JAMES HANLON
<knjhanlon@msn.com>, "ten >> Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment"
<tentec@contesting.com> Cc: "Bob, WB2VUF" <wb2vuf@verizon.net> Subject: Re:
[TenTec] Ten Tec Argo V repair Not to mention that they are EMP-proof, help
keep the shack warm, have a nice cheery glow, and the aroma of warm vacuum
tube electronics is indescribable!I have a cat who loved to curl up on my
HW-100. I bought her a heated cat bed so she wouldn't fill the rig with
fur.Jim, I still remember the delightful article you wrote for QST when you
organized the first Classic Exchange.73,Bob WB2VUFOn 1/27/2021 1:39 PM, JAMES
HANLON wrote:> Bob, WB2VUF, wrote:>>
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That's why it's important to have at least one truly vintage rig in the> shack,
like my Heath HW-100. I can still get tubes, generic> transistors, resistors
and capacitors.>>> Me too. I collect and use a lot of "vintage" gear. My Ten
Tecs are > an Argonaut 505 and a Triton IV, both fortunately still working.
But > I have even older gear that is still working and serviceable, like my >
Drake 4-line, Central Electronics 100V, Collins KWM-1, 75A3 and 75A4, > B&W
6100, and HRO-50 and yet older gear going back to an SW-3, HRO and > NTX-30
from the 1930s. They were built before throw-away culture > became the rule.>>
Jim, W8KGI>>>
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