Monday, March 6, 2023

Don't Sell the SB-200

Who knew the supply chain would be so wedged up that parts are nearly impossible to get.

I had once owned two SB-200's.  I bought them off Ebay.  They were basket cases.  I re-did everything in them.  All new PW, valves, all the kits and improvements. Made them rock solid again.  And then what did I do?  I sold them for what I thought was a profit so I could fund my other amplifier projects.  I haven't had the SB-200s in the shack for at least 12 years.  I sold them to local hams, Face to Face, glad they went to a good home.

I had no way to know that those SB-200's would be worth a small fortune today -- even if basket cases.

In this age of "supply chain woes" for silicon, do not sell.  Do not sell your rigs.  Do not sell your gear.

It is either just a repair away from working again, OR it is a source for spare sparts.

I tend to collect radios, tuners and what not.   I can't help it.  There's always a chance that I can fix it.

My collection of three (3) HO-10 monitor scopes should yield enough parts to make one of them run correctly again.  You would think.

As I try to get my new shack booted up, I cannot run QRO until then.  So I'm stuck with 100W -- which is fine.  I do just fine on 100W with my horizontal Sky Loop antenna.  I can definitely hear them better than they can hear me, though.   

Anyway, just a thought I had lately.  Keep the gear.   If you really do not have a use for the gear find a way to help your friends who might need it.   Think globally, act locally.  Is that how the phrase goes?


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