I move this to be the official definition of "boat anchor." Sent from my iPhone
> On Sep 4, 2014, at 6:44 PM, Bruce Long via Boatanchors > <[email protected]> wrote: > > What makes a boat anchor a boat anchor? > > Well picture a small one person wooden row boat, a length of rope, a 10 knot > moderate wind and a lee short. The boat operator ties the rope to the > candidate boat anchor and throws it over board having first attached the > bitter end of the rope to the boat gunnel. If the rowboat stops drifting > towards shore the object at the end of the rope is a boat anchor. > > Yes I have always been rather literally minded. Why do you ask? > > So tube receivers, military surplus receivers, big iron beasts of uncertain > origin all make the grade of boat anchor. Transistor receivers generally are > not boat anchors but if they are big enough and heavy enough might well make > the grade. A transistorized HQ170 would obviously qualify for BA membership, > a HRO-500 well maybe with a long rope and a muddy bottom. > > > Arc-5 type WW2 receivers are in my estimate marginal boat anchors but have > been grandfathered into boat anchor status in honor of their stellar military > service and by their close association with their big brothers who are full > fledged members of the boat anchor clan. There is some allowance for nepotism > in deserving circumstances you understand. > > > I hope this explanation answers many questions and makes clear the simple, > rational, but yet sometimes obscure topics of BA entomology and genealogy. > > Always happy to assist a newbie in their search for BA knowledge. > > bruce KJ3Z > > > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Wilson <[email protected]> > To: Bob Jackson <[email protected]>; porch.boat > <[email protected]>; puck.boat <[email protected]>; qth.boat > <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, September 4, 2014 6:20 PM > Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Question from an admitted 'Newbie' > > > Tubes. > WL > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bob Jackson > Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2014 6:07 PM > To: porch.boat ; puck.boat ; qth.boat > Subject: [Boatanchors] Question from an admitted 'Newbie' > > Is there any kind of general consensus on exactly what is or isn't a > 'boatanchor'? I'm a 72 yo and BAs to me are the post-WW2 tubes sets made for > the commercial (vice military) market on up to the advent and eventual > dominance of the so-called 'solid state' rigs. It seems clear to me that > others' definitions go back to a somewhat earlier time and do include > re-cycled military gear. What is the general consensus, please. > > Bob AG5X > _______________________________________________ > Boatanchors mailing list > [email protected] > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/boatanchors > > _______________________________________________ > Boatanchors mailing list > [email protected] > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/boatanchors > _______________________________________________ > Boatanchors mailing list > [email protected] > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/boatanchors _______________________________________________ Boatanchors mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/boatanchors
