[BC] Maintaining older transmitters

[Gary Glaenzer]

From: "Steve Schoon" <steven.schoon at uni.edu>

> How many of those boxes that you've reclaimed were truly bad?  Half?  Just
> wondering.

Depends on the definition of 'bad'

in my book, unless there has been a serious fire, or a major part has become 
'made of unobtanium', there is no such thing as ' too bad'

now, bear in mind I'm working on them in my garage, with a 5 kW load, heat, 
light, compressed air, a big toolbox, drill press, grinder, welder, torch, 
floodlights, three hounds to keep me company, a refrigerator full of 
refreshments, 'facilities', and a short walk to the local watering hole (for 
when stuff needs extended pondering)

and Harris and BE 60 miles away...........

that makes a major difference from attempting repairs in a cold concrete 
block building with no heat in the middle of a corn field in central IL 
(with apologies to Oklahoma, the wind also comes sweeping 'cross the plain 
here too) at 3 in the morning with outside temp at -10 and wind from the NW 
@ 35, after a 70 mile drive across drifting roads

so keep on telling owners they are 'too far gone to fix', all you yahoo's 
out there (present company excluded, of course), your 
stupidity-laziness-sloth-gloom-despair-agony is my gain