I got rid of all the old stuff, I did not find most of it well made, good sounding, or user friendly. The only things I have left are the 32V3 transmitters. The rest is home brew, and likely only worth the parts its made out of.
Brett N2DTS > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Mark Foltarz > Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2004 12:01 PM > To: amradio@mailman.qth.net > Subject: Re: [AMRadio] BAs and Baby Boomers > > > Ummm, there are some of us who collect & operate this stuff > just because we > like it ...HI > > de KA4JVY > Mark > > > --- Merz Donald S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Q: What do baby boomers have to do with boatanchors? > > A: Anything, and -- not to put too fine a point on it, everything. > > > > Let me explain. > > > > A baby boomer is a person born between the years of 1946 > and 1964. Every > > country on Earth has a significant baby boomer generation. > In the USA, the > > baby boom generation is over 26% of the population. The > current aggregate > > income of USA baby boomers is $4.1 trillion. They (we) use > this income to > > account for 40% of total demand and almost 50% of all > discretionary spending. > > Boomers hold 80% of the cash and 79% of all the assets that > exist--including > > --ta-da-- boatanchors. > > > > So what? Well, 46 + 65 = 2011. The boomers are retiring > soon. Actually, due > > to early retirements and other factors, significant > increases in retirements > > will begin between 2006 and 2008. By 2011, retirement-mania > will be in full > > swing. Sometime shortly thereafter, "the largest wealth > transfer in history" > > begins to take place. A minimum of $41 TRILLION will begin > transferring "from > > parents to children and from philanthropists to charities." > > > > Economists only have this figured out in the broadest > terms. But sometime > > between 2011 and 2021, the baby boomers will become what is > called "net > > sellers of investments". That means that you and I will unload more > > boatanchors than we buy. Economists disagree about what > this means for the > > financial markets. The gloomy ones say that this will usher > in a "structural > > bear market that could last throughout much of the second > quarter of the 21st > > Century." But let's deal with boatanchors here. > > > > I changed the wording in the paragraph below to say > "boatanchors" everywhere > > it used to say "financial holdings". But this is from an > insurance industry > > report: > > > > "At first, the older Boomers will begin selling some of > their BAs, but the > > sales will be absorbed rather easily by the larger number > of younger Boomers > > who are still eagerly buying. Eventually, though, even the > middle and > > younger-aged Boomers will want to liquidate some of their > boatanchors. Who > > can they sell to? The only options seem to be the much > smaller and more > > financially pressed "Generation X" that grew up in the > shadow of the boom, or > > the potentially larger and more promising market of buyers > from overseas." > > > > This is why you and me have anything and everything to do > with boatanchors. > > We own practically all of them. And we all need to get rid > of them over the > > next 15 to 25 years. Worse, the only market we have for > them is "much smaller > > and financially pressed". > > > > A word to the wise should be sufficient. Keep your > collection in touch with > > the demographics and the concepts of supply and demand. BAs > are fun. But they > > are not good long term investments. It's just that simple. > > > > Since no one is going to want them, I am planning to be buried with > > mine--like the ancient Egyptian mummies with their cats. > > > > 73, Don Merz, N3RHT > > > > Quotes are from various insurance industry reports on the > web and the World > > Future Society. > > > > The information contained in this e-mail may be > confidential and is intended > > solely for the use of the named addressee. > > Access, copying or re-use of the e-mail or any information > contained therein > > by any other person is not authorized. > > If you are not the intended recipient please notify us > immediately by > > returning the e-mail to the originator.(A) > > > > _______________________________________________ > > AMRadio mailing list > > AMRadio@mailman.qth.net > > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Small Business $15K Web Design Giveaway > http://promotions.yahoo.com/design_giveaway/ > _______________________________________________ > AMRadio mailing list > AMRadio@mailman.qth.net > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio
