Time to get rid of my electronics collection - thoughts on where to donate...

[Steve Kamego]

It\'s time to hang it up, I\'ve moved away from electronics over into software, and it\'s about time I clear out the old collection.

I tried to get in touch with the local university to see about any interest there but didn\'t get any bites.

Any thoughts on places to donate? Some of it is high voltage so I want to give it to someone who\'d end up hurting themselves, and i don\'t just want to call an e-waste company as some of it is pretty good stuff.

Thanks to this group for the years of information I\'ve absorbed and occasionally participated in. Glad to see it\'s still going strong.

Dallas area if that matters.

Steve

 

[Trevor Wilson]

On 1/04/2023 12:23 pm, Steve Kamego wrote:

It\'s time to hang it up, I\'ve moved away from electronics over into software, and it\'s about time I clear out the old collection.

I tried to get in touch with the local university to see about any interest there but didn\'t get any bites.

Any thoughts on places to donate? Some of it is high voltage so I want to give it to someone who\'d end up hurting themselves, and i don\'t just want to call an e-waste company as some of it is pretty good stuff.

Thanks to this group for the years of information I\'ve absorbed and occasionally participated in. Glad to see it\'s still going strong.

Dallas area if that matters.

Steve

**There is an excellent Facebook group, inhabited by people who have a
passion for test equipment:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/VintageElectronicTestEquipment

I\'m pretty certain you will find people in your area who would be happy
to assist you in your task.


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[danny burstein]

[snip]

Check and see if there\'s an Amateur Radio Club
in your area. Usually there\'s at least someone
in them who chews on copper wires for breakfast.


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[KenW]

On Sat, 1 Apr 2023 05:08:23 -0000 (UTC), danny burstein
<dannyb@panix.com> wrote:

[snip]

Check and see if there\'s an Amateur Radio Club
in your area. Usually there\'s at least someone
in them who chews on copper wires for breakfast.

I never did that !


KenW

 

[server]

On Sat, 01 Apr 2023 07:19:47 -0600, KenW <ken1943@invalid.net> wrote:

On Sat, 1 Apr 2023 05:08:23 -0000 (UTC), danny burstein
dannyb@panix.com> wrote:

[snip]

Check and see if there\'s an Amateur Radio Club
in your area. Usually there\'s at least someone
in them who chews on copper wires for breakfast.

I never did that !

Copper wires have been used to produce Danish blue cheese. It works
faster than steel wires. A bit too strong taste for breakfast!

 

[bob prohaska]

Steve Kamego <skamego@gmail.com> wrote:

It\'s time to hang it up, I\'ve moved away from electronics over into software, and it\'s about time I clear out the old collection.

I tried to get in touch with the local university to see about any interest there but didn\'t get any bites.

Any thoughts on places to donate? Some of it is high voltage so I want to give it to someone who\'d end up hurting themselves, and i don\'t just want to call an e-waste company as some of it is pretty good stuff.

Have you considered Ebay, or maybe Craigslist?

Either is better than e-waste.

bob prohaska

 

[Three Jeeps]

On Friday, March 31, 2023 at 9:23:46 PM UTC-4, Steve Kamego wrote:

It\'s time to hang it up, I\'ve moved away from electronics over into software, and it\'s about time I clear out the old collection.

I tried to get in touch with the local university to see about any interest there but didn\'t get any bites.

Any thoughts on places to donate? Some of it is high voltage so I want to give it to someone who\'d end up hurting themselves, and i don\'t just want to call an e-waste company as some of it is pretty good stuff.

Thanks to this group for the years of information I\'ve absorbed and occasionally participated in. Glad to see it\'s still going strong.

Dallas area if that matters.

Steve

I may be interested in some of your stuff...please drop me a note.
I\'d second CL or Ebay
J

 

[Cursitor Doom]

On Fri, 31 Mar 2023 18:23:43 -0700 (PDT), Steve Kamego
<skamego@gmail.com> wrote:

It\'s time to hang it up, I\'ve moved away from electronics over into software, and it\'s about time I clear out the old collection.

I tried to get in touch with the local university to see about any interest there but didn\'t get any bites.

Any thoughts on places to donate? Some of it is high voltage so I want to give it to someone who\'d end up hurting themselves, and i don\'t just want to call an e-waste company as some of it is pretty good stuff.

Thanks to this group for the years of information I\'ve absorbed and occasionally participated in. Glad to see it\'s still going strong.

Not so sure about that. Some of the key contributors seem to have been
absent of late. :-(