[TenTec] TenTec Digest, Vol 156, Issue 4

[Kim Elmore]

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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Kim Elmore, Ph.D. (Adj. Assoc. Prof., OU School of Meteorology, CCM, PP 
SEL/MEL/Glider, N5OP, 2nd Class Radiotelegraph, GROL)

/"In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in 
practice, there is." //– Attributed to many people; it’s so true that it 
doesn’t matter who said it./