Kent, K9ZTV wrote: I wish to applaud those who are deciding to put family budgets ahead of ham radio purchases. Family needs ALWAYS come before hobbies. Always....
------------------------- Very well put, Kent... And an important message. A few years ago I worked an on-air buddy on 40 CW one December evening who was happily exploring his new 100 watt transceiver: a Christmas present to himself to replace his aging Heathkit 3-watt HW-8 QRP rig. He had saved carefully for a couple of years to buy it. I worked him again a few weeks later and he was back on his HW-8. He told me that another friend of his, an aging Ham with very little money, had suffered a catastrophic failure of his only rig. It was an early solid state rig. Replacement parts weren't available. In any case, repairs were far beyond his capabilities or resources. So my buddy made him a Christmas present of his own: the new rig he had just purchased. That night he told me that operating his HW-8 had never been as much fun as when he fired it up to talk with his other friend on the air again. The true "happy dance" of life is about doing the right thing, not having the right thing. Ron AC7AC _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
