Does your interest in TVs rise and fall ?

[DavGoodlin]

Originally Posted by cwmoser

I've thought about relocating to Florida.
What areas to you like for retired guys who like to tinker with
stuff rather than play golf and lounge around the country club?

Carl

Carl, I think alot of vintage stuff moved to Florida along with owners in the 50s-60s, and was left there when they got too old to be so far from their kids again and moved back north.

ARC lists a vintage electronics club in FLORIDA
Jacksonville Antique Radio Soc.
www.jarsradioclub.com

. Maintaining a dry, bug-free space there would be a challenge, though.

I took a long break from electronics once I became a homeowner in 1988, and had to learn plumbing, roofing and everything else while keeping several vehicles roadworthy. At the time, a 1977 Magnavox Touch-tune T995 chassis set, Hi-fi VCR and audio equipment was all trouble-free. I still did install TV antennas though. as cable was not all over like it is now.

But I kept everything in a dry basement. It was not until a friend put me in the paper 14 years later that I got into it again. then I got all kinds of interesting offers and started repairing radios again.
Today, I look at my old Pontiacs (and do-lists in each) with resignation, which are surrounded by a TV-Radio collection now, and would rather engage in the only hobby I can afford.