Subject: Re: [Homestead] Ancient Ham Radio Gear - Was survival plan
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 09:23:08 -0700
> There is some resurgence. Fixing 60s era auto radios can keep one
busy. The knowledge to trouble shoot those old transistor circuits is
fading fast and the people who are restoring to 100 points need working
radios. I have (name completely escapes me) the schematics for many Delco >
> Radios, most of which can be tested with only a VOM. Yes, I know how to
test and repair tube and transistors circuits. Don Bowen
How about 40s-50s home radios ? My Ma's
ole wooden clunker - that I still listen to on
weekends - needs tubes - does anyone still
manufacture an assortment of tubes ?
> But who will fault us for not remembering what happened forty or sixty
> years ago?
Telling the memories in those " and do you remember "
sessions keeps a lotta stuff "going", which is why it's
*so* hard to be the "sole survivor". Don't ask, OK ?
>Of course INVESTMENT---in bringing a large share of the poor into
>wealth-producing status is the only intelligent course of action.
Seems to me the issue is between trickle-down and building up. The
trickle-down theory seems to depend on the largesse of the few at the top.
The building up is based on a strong foundation.
Again, I reach for real estate to illustrate. Entry-level housing is the
broad foundation of the huge real estate pyramid. Fifty-million-dollar
estates are at the pinnacle. Entry-level houses gain equity, young workers'
income rises; their families enlarge; they buy larger, second-level houses.
This continues over their working lives. Each tier above is narrower than
the one below. And it is the foundation that holds it all up. Build a
stronger, wider foundation and the entire house is the better for it.
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