[TenTec] RX-366?

Kim Elmore cw_de_n5op at sbcglobal.net
Thu Apr 24 22:09:43 EDT 2014


I need to save this lovely aphorism!

Kim N5OP

On 4/24/2014 8:55 PM, Jim Allen wrote:
> We investment guys like to think of an investment was a speculation that
> worked out well, while a speculation was an investment that did not.  :>)
>
> 73 de W6OGC  Jim Allen
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 8:42 PM, Cecil <chacuff at cableone.net> wrote:
>
>> All depreciating assets....but loads of fun.
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>>> On Apr 24, 2014, at 8:35 PM, Dave Edwards <kd2e at comcast.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> Wish I "expensed" for a few cases of the Ameco AC-1 kit novice
>> transmitter back in the day!
>>> I could afford that new Mercedes you mentioned :-)
>>>
>>> ...Dave
>>>
>>>
>>>> On 4/24/14, 9:29 PM, Bob McGraw - K4TAX wrote:
>>>> Remember folks, ham radio is a hobby.  Anything we purchase is an
>> expense and thus is not an investment.  Based on my understanding,
>> investments make money or they are supposed to do so, expenses are
>> depreciated which means the value of the item purchased is expected to
>> decrease.  Just ask any business professor or tax consultant.
>>>> So is that $700 spent for the RX-366 and investment or an expense?
>>   Well it technically is an intangible investment based solely on ones
>> perceived pleasure with its use.  Does it add $700 to the value of the
>> Orion?  If it does it is an investment, otherwise it is an expense.
>>>> So is that new Mercedes in your garage an expense or an investment?
>>>>
>>>> 73
>>>> Bob, K4TAX
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kimberly Elmore" <
>> cw_de_n5op at sbcglobal.net>
>>>> To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
>>>> Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2014 4:07 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [TenTec] RX-366?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> No worries! I occasionally get to buy myself toys, too! My kids aren't
>> in college, yet, but this won't make or break their ability to go. Rest
>> assured that if I thought I had an instrument that would yield enough
>> return that $700 would make a significant contribution to their college
>> fund, I'd have put the money there!
>>>> Kim N5OP
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ________________________________
>>>> From: K8JHR <jrichards at k8jhr.com>
>>>> To: Kimberly Elmore <cw_de_n5op at sbcglobal.net>; Discussion of Ten-Tec
>> Equipment <tentec at contesting.com>
>>>> Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2014 3:51 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [TenTec] RX-366?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> No problem with that outlook, KE... it all depends on your resources
>>>> and threshold for economic pain.   I purchased the Orion II for the same
>>>> reason... my Omni VII works well... but I just plain wanted the Orion II
>>>> and scarfed a super clean, minty one for cheap !!
>>>>
>>>> I am LUCKY my XYL is OK with it.
>>>> Now... to sell her on the tower idea...   ;-)
>>>>
>>>> I also believe a guy is due some sort of trophy or prize for having
>>>> survived the working world - paying for the cars, the house, kids in
>>>> college, shoes, clothing... and after paying for all that a guy DESERVES
>>>> some sort of treat for having made it. So I understand your position
>>>> completely.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ---------------- K8JHR -------------------
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 4/24/2014 4:32 PM, Kimberly Elmore wrote:
>>>>
>>>> to be perfectly honest, I bought it simply because... Well, I *wanted*
>>>> one. I wanted a fully decked out O II. Like so many things, it's a
>>>> decision made for purely personal and somewhat selfish reasons.
>>>>
>>>>
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