I have set aside more than a few spare parts for the 40 blackheads, so I'm guilty. The application I use them in
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http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_75...tm.htm#7540302 )
isn't easily changed so I'm rather locked in. I may try machining parts if I can't find what I need.
I'm lucky as the 40 Blackhead has proven itself pretty tough.
Still it is sad to have seen the end of Webra as a company. Generations to come will likely never know how great their products were. Given the ever increasing I_wanna_take_it_outta_da_box_n_use_it view if things it probably won't matter.
I'm beginning to sense how my late dad must have felt; he was an old time HAM and while he embraced the solid state
age as much as he was able; I think he really missed the days of plentiful parts and camaraderie of the DIY days of amateur radio. Winding coils, grinding crystals, making the entire chassis for most of his own equipment was just normal.
Jerry