[CQ-Contest] Re: [TowerTalk] old books
Chuck Dietz
dietz at texas.net
Wed Dec 10 22:36:03 EST 1997
There are many less fortunate hams in the US and other countries that
would be glad to have any older Handbooks, Antennabooks, etc.
Chuck, KZ5MM
L. B. Cebik wrote:
> > This is no big deal for me as I was going to throw them out anyhow
>
> Please! to all who have old books, never (NEVER, please) throw them
> out
> without trying to find a new home for them. This is not a plea from a
>
> collector who places them on a shelf to show them off, but from
> someone
> who regularly reads them and learns from them--both stuff that shows
> how
> we have progressed and stuff that shows what we have forgotten along
> the
> way--along with how old some of our new ideas really are. For
> example, I
> have mid-1920s material on radio control vehicles and on SSB. I
> cannot
> afford to buy every volume that appears on these lists myself, but
> please
> be patient--someone will find a good use for that old book. List them
> as
> many times as it takes to find someone willing to buy/pay for shipping
> in
> advance.
>
> Did I remember to say "please"?
>
> -73-
>
> LB, W4RNL
>
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