Return-Path: Received: (qmail 20002 invoked from network); 17 Feb 2003 19:54:46 -0000 Received: from marstons.services.quay.plus.net (212.159.14.223) by mailstore with SMTP; 17 Feb 2003 19:54:46 -0000 Received: (qmail 11761 invoked by uid 10001); 17 Feb 2003 19:54:45 -0000 Received: from post.thorcom.com (193.82.116.70) by marstons.services.quay.plus.net with SMTP; 17 Feb 2003 19:54:45 -0000 X-SQ: A Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.12) id 18krL2-0003ai-00 for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Mon, 17 Feb 2003 19:54:04 +0000 Received: from [212.85.249.135] (helo=clustermail.minx.net.uk) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.12) id 18krL2-0003aZ-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Mon, 17 Feb 2003 19:54:04 +0000 Received: from [80.225.174.172] (helo=g1l5x3) by clustermail.minx.net.uk with smtp (Exim 3.22 #6) id 18ksMb-0005dg-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Mon, 17 Feb 2003 20:59:45 +0000 Message-ID: <000101c2d6bd$ea644cc0$acaee150@g1l5x3> From: "Howard Aspinall" To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org References: <000c01c2d37b$32e1eb60$50d1fc3e@l8p8y6> <006301c2d387$c8bd73a0$fad5fea9@smiley> <000e01c2d5f0$9850e1a0$55e4fc3e@l8p8y6> Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2003 19:47:06 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Subject: LF: Re: 1154 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.7 required=6.0tests=REFERENCES,SALE,SPAM_PHRASE_00_01,USER_AGENT_OEversion=2.43 X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes Sender: Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group X-SA-Exim-Rcpt-To: rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No; SAEximRunCond expanded to false Mal, the thing these days is that there are folk who regard this vintage stuff as currency, like antiques, old masters, even gold. Like you I once bought T1154s for a song, and broke them up for bits, never thinking that rarety would make them valuable one day. But whereas today, the typical bit of new imported amateur radio gear will depreciate like a new car, the prices of this old wireless stuff are behaving like that of houses. There's already quite a thriving community of folk actually using this old stuff, with suitable mods to make it conform to modern standards, and a T1154 crystal controlled can still put out quite a potent clean signal. The balancing act of retaining originality to preserve re-sale price, and modifying to make usable, is sometimes difficult to perform. 73..Howard/G3RXH Skipton