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Rick Fedorchak

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  1. I just celebrated my 11th anniversary after retiring from NASA at the beginning of 2009.  I've mixed feelings about the whole thing.  On one hand was/is great to be around while some of the kids are still living at home.   OTOH wish I would have given as much thought to WHAT EXACTLY I'd be doing with my retirement as I did to whether I could afford to retire.   I'm the type to just waste time in the absence of any clearly defined activity.  Oh well, it is what it is at this point.   My latest 'activity during retirement is caring for my mid 90s parents who moved in with us a couple months ago.   Not fun, but necessary.

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  2. Hi John,

     

    I don't know.   Honestly my preference would be to buy another K-5-J outright.   

     

    Barring that, I have concerns about trades.   How would that work?   What happens in the event one of the horns gets damaged in shipping, or if one of us ends up being unhappy with what they received?    Legitimately asking, ........the only trades I've ever done were  in person so each person could see exactly what was in front of them, and traded  hands  at that moment.

     

    Anyway, that's where I'm at on this.

     

    Rick

  3. On 12/7/2017 at 3:11 PM, JRH said:

    The J designation came after the "boats" were removed.  Prior horns with boats used at least the F and D designations. Not sure of the complete evolution and designations (yet).  HF horn serial numbers do not line up with system numbers.  PWK built K-5's in the tin shed (and later) for sale individually. 

     

    Hi,  any update on the evolution and designations yet?

  4. On 8/1/2019 at 1:24 PM, TubeHiFiNut said:

     

     

    *** EDIT***My apologies. I misunderstood my friend on the serial numbers and manufactured dates. Speaker number one is serial number 1050 manufactured in 1955. Speaker number two is serial number 1263 manufactured in 1956. The speakers look, from what I could see, very similar.***END EDIT***

     

     

    Well. You still don't have it quite right.   You're quoting squaker (midrange horn) serial numbers.  The serial number of the speaker will be on a tag on the bass (folded horn) portion.  In your case that would be 954 according to the picture posted.  It should also be stamped into the wood in a few places.  Examples shown in pics.

     

     

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