My Dear Mr Sun... er Howes
Having visited the shack, where would you suggest I place that radio.....
(A straight line if ever I heard one)
Perhaps if you had braved the elements it could have been yours
Carl/KPD
My dear friend Carl,
It it after much consideration that I make the following suggestions as a solution to your most unfortunate dilemma.
To wit, I saw a great array of furniture in the living room which appeared to be largely unused, and likewise note a considerable empty space in the garage.
Therefore, I would respectfully suggest that you may wish to consider moving said furniture from the living room into the garage. To do so you would accrue two benefits of great interest to any ham.
The first being proximity to the kitchen, and therefore convenient access to the cold 807 and sustenance supply ports. I remain uncertain as to the location of the discharge ports, but that is also an important consideration during old buzzard transmissions and after the consumption of multiple 807s which facilitate aforementioned transmissions.
The second benefit, nearly as important as the first, a ground floor hamshack that facilitates the moving and installation of future acquisitions and equipment, especially those of the large and heavy old buzzard construction. I'm certain you know the type, rack mounted, painted in black wrinkle, of the design which, while making the neighborhood lights dim, emits prodigious quantities of ozone and sparks, and from time to time will emanate poofs of upward curling smoke in conjunction with an acrid burning smell, affording you the rich opportunity to turn your on-air discourse to your latest "crap out".
I further believe, with careful and judicious planning, you may even be able to fit in a workshop and parts storage area, parts properly stored in old cigar and banana boxes of course, in front of those large doors which lead out to the deck. Think of the benefits of natural sunlight, and of course one may also wish to comment on activities outside, all the while emanating bodily noises on air in the fine tradition which has become the hallmark of quality AM operation.
In closing, I found your current layout far too neat and organized for any real radio operator, it is generally understood that serious operators and serious hamshacks resemble the likes of our other most serious esteemed colleague, with whom we visited during our brief sojourn in CT.
73 -
Dav Bruce
K1Z W1UJR
PS - Heading down to check out the two Acadia 25s this Saturday, hitting the Cape first, and then on down to RI. Need anything from Maine?
