What's a BOATANCHOR??

[Brian Carling]

This will probably be of interest to a number of folks here!

What is a"BOATANCHOR" ??

Note the spelling. It is NOT Boat Anchor!!

Older radio equipment. Military transmitters and receivers
particularly seem to weigh a TON!
Older amateur radio equipment is qiote often described as a "B.A." or
a boatanchor. Heaby, no one wants it! It may need repair. So the
average appliance operator will not mess with it. That UNUSUAL guy
among unusual hobbyists is the "BA OP" who loves to  shine the front
panel of a GLOBE KING or a an R-390A!! There are thousands of them out
there! They lurk at hamfests and in basements!

The BAs themselves  are old, dusty, and they GLOW IN THE DARK!!
Because they use tubes and heavy iron. They get the job done in a
noble way! They sound "FB on AM, OM!!" They simply SING on CW!

The people who love and collect these old beasts have a number of
haunts on the web! Among them a FREE Reflector at TEMPE jsut called
Boatanchors, or informally known to some as "Free Boatanchors."

No they don't always have FREE RADIOS, but it is a FREE list as
opposed to being a PAY list like the other one!

So, IF you would like to try the FREE LIST, here is how to subscribe:

Simply send a message to:
LISTSERV at LISTSERV.TEMPE.GOV

with NO SUBJECT, and the text:

subscribe boatanchors <your full name>
as in " Joe H. Smith"

Alternatively, if  you want  to subscribe
anonymously, send  the command: "SUBSCRIBE BOATANCHORS
Anonymous". Your subscription will  then be hidden
automatically.

Jump on in!!
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Enjoy!! 73 de AF4K, Bry
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