Some may wonder at the "Beastly" BC-610s life and durability.
There is a SW station in South America that has two of them. One runs 24/7 X 365. The second one is a "spare". I don't remember which station it is, but, Jim, WB2FCN, knows of it. Just like the "Energizer" bunny! Just keeps going....... Bob - N0DGN -- Bob Bethman - NØDGN +------------------------------------------------------------------+ | NØDGN AMRadio Manassas, VA | REAL Tube Radio and AM | +-------------------------------+----------------------------------+ | Manassas Radio - Home of Homemade Kielbasa & Pirogi | +-------------------------------+----------------------------------+ | Bob Bethman \\\|/// " The absence of a danger | | rbethman(at)comcast.net \\ ~ ~ // signal does *NOT* mean | | (/ @ @ /) that everything is OK " | +-------------------------oOOo-(_)-oOOo----------------------------+ | <http://home.comcast.net/~rbethman> | | 1 BC-61ØI w/BC-614I,1 T-213/GRC-26 w/BC614I 1 '51 Collins R-390A | | SP-600/NR Type 159, Heath DX-60, Apache, Mohawk, SX-101, HT-32A | +-------------------------.oooO---Oooo.----------------------------+ | ( ) ( ) | | \ ( ) / | | \ _) ( _/ | +------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Amateur Astronomer - Celestron Nexstar 8 - Megrez 80mm SD II | | 12" f5 Dob coming soon! Being built | | 38 Deg 46'48.62"' N - 77 Deg 28'26.89" W | +------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Opinions expressed are that of my own and do not necessarily | | coincide with or represent those of ANYONE else | +------------------------------------------------------------------+ |ALL E-mail received and sent scanned by AVG & Norton System Works |