[TowerTalk] Towable towers available from the government

[Jon Pearl - W4ABC]

Hi Steve,

Agreed!

There's another angle, too...

I have a VE3 ham buddy who used to come down to Florida every year to 
vacation over the winter months.  One winter he brought a boatload of 
recently pulled, low band Motorolover Micors and Mitrex mobiles with 
him.  He said that they were moving out the back door of a local dealer 
because the vast majority of them were going to meet their fate at the 
hands of a drill bit through the PA section. In Motorola's mind, they 
only sell new.  Used stuff that tends to hang around for another 
lifetime negates the purchase of more new stuff.

I've never really seen it that way and especially now a days, when 
everyone has a cellphone in their pocket.


73,


Jon Pearl - W4ABC
www.w4abc.com




On 8/15/2013 11:57 AM, Crownhaven wrote:
> During my time as a federal government employee, I have seen plenty of 
> valuable electronic gear destroyed because those responsible didn't 
> want to deal with completing the paperwork to DRMO or surplus the 
> stuff.  Disgusting.  I was able to donate several virtually new 
> Motorola repeaters to amateur radio organizations by doing a little 
> extra work to make sure THEY didn't get the sledge hammer.
>
> Steve, N4JQQ
>
>