Walt Mankowski via plug on 11 Dec 2025 07:35:08 -0800


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Re: [PLUG] microcenter has baofengs again


On Wed, Dec 10, 2025 at 06:09:48PM +0000, Rich Freeman via plug wrote:
> On 12/10/2025 2:29 AM, Steve Litt via plug wrote:
> > On Fri, 5 Dec 2025 13:25:46 -0500
> > Walt Mankowski via plug <plug@lists.phillylinux.org> wrote:
> > 
> > > I'm not really sure what Jeff was referring to. However, if you go to
> > > a hamfest (basically a ham radio flea market) you'll see people
> > > selling old tube radios, and you'll also see people selling vacuum
> > > tubes for those radios.
> > Is that in case of EMP?
> > 
> Most hams aren't that pragmatic.  It is more that a lot of hams love boat
> anchors.

True, but at the hamfests I've been to, there are a lot more people
trying to sell their old boat anchors than there are buyers for them.

Walt
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