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[Mike ODELL]

at least i'm in great company!

and i do like SDR radios, but i love knobs.

      -mo


Sent from my iPad so please excuse the jammy fingers.

> On Mar 9, 2016, at 9:40 AM, Alberto di Bene <dibene at usa.net> wrote:
> 
> On 3/9/2016 3:15 PM, Mike ODELL wrote:
> 
>> Until you have fallen in love with a *rig* by fondling knobs, you ain't a ham.
>> 
>> That's the trouble with SDR. They can be excellent transcievers with 
>> mind-melting specs, but they ain't *rigs*. It's a long distance relationship
>> based on sending memos. the texts might be randy as hell, but it's still a MEMO!
>> 
>> This is why The Usual Suspects still have a big, beautiful KNOB on the front
>> and they sweat the details of the *feel* of that knob like all get-out. 
>> 
>> And don't forget lights, especially if they blink!
>> 
>>         -mo
> 
> 
> Copied from Moon-Net :
> 
>> Using a superhet ???? Me ??? No way.... my coherer gives me all the lust I need...
>> Those superhets ruin my enjoyment of the hobby... if I'll continue to see 
>> discussions about superhets on this EME reflector, I will unsubscribe at once.....
>> 
>> The spark gaps rule ! We don't need no stinking superhets (nor AM, nor -heaven forbids- SSB...)
>> 
>> Wilma !!!! Is my dinosaur steak ready yet ????
> 
> 
> 73  Alberto  I2PHD
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