lol, I know a guy like that, every couple months, out with the old radio, in with the new. I wish I could afford to do that. Must be fun but I have 2 right now, 1 primary and 1 go kit which is my backup in the house and that's about it for me for right now.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Ham Steve 
  To: [log in to unmask] 
  Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 12:16 PM
  Subject: Re: My 40th Ham Radio Anniversary


  Wow, Walt.  Those KLM beams were a bear to assemble, though.  A million 
  little parts, I think.

  There is a guy in our group who has owned a ton of radios.  I think he's had 
  thirteen Icom 746's, for example.  I was telling them today I can count the 
  number of HF rigs I've owned on two hands.

  I started with the Heath GR-91 receiver and a DX-35 65-waqtt crystal 
  controlled rig.  I upgraded the receiver to a NC-300, which I kept for 
  fifteen years.

  When I got my Conditional, I got a Viking Invader which ran about 200 watts 
  PEP and 150 on CW, 50 on AM with 6146 finals.

  After five years, I got my Hallicrafters SR-400A and in 1976 I got a TS-820, 
  which was my fourth transmitter.

  In 1981 when I moved out West, I got a TS-830.  Then, in 1986, I traded both 
  of them in for an IC-751A, which I still have.  I bought another TS-820S in 
  1989 as a backup.  Then, I bought a TS-2000, which is my current rig.  I 
  think I still have a couple fingers left, so a dream rig would be a 756PRO 
  III.

  Steve, K8SP