SB-401 won't tune up / Bleeding Green

[David Inger]

Jack Cantrell wrote:

> Jack:

I think your reflections should be chiselled in stone and placed in every ham shack.  As
far as I'm concerned you have captured the essence of what ham radio is about.
Communications?  Forget it; its all about the KNOBS!!

David Inger
K6SBA

>
>
> As for too many knobs to turn, that's part of the
> attraction.  The fun seems to be proportional to knob
> count.  Before we confirm the obvious Freudian
> diagnosis, it would probably help at this point to
> mention that I work with computers all day.
>
> During the day, I am configuring a large accounting
> system which is one collossal exercise in
> trouble-shooting.  In the early evenings, I attend a
> class in setting up networks and configuring routers,
> which I hope will create a job that doesn't involve a
> new employer in a new city every year.
>
> As you can see, I have access to an awful lot
> reliable, digital communications, and this email
> speaks for itself to that issue.  Would I like a
> Ten-Tec Jupiter or a TS-2000?  Of course.  But they'd
> look awfully small on that big boat anchor table.  And
> they'd be so easy to use (for a computer guy) that I
> fear I'd begin to perceive them as a "phone that
> sounds bad," and not as a "radio."
>
> Contesting and DXCC are still pretty far down the road
> for me.  For now, it's just nice to have something
> truly analog at the end of a long, digital day.
>
> Thanks for helping me with this,
>
> Jack AB0OX.
>
> PS: I think know why people spend a lot for unbuilt
> kits.  Some may be investors, but I don't think all of
> them are.  The next time you see Citizen Kane,
> substitute "Heathkit" for "Rosebud."
>
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