If you don't mind me asking, what is the site? My issue with "much better options" is that they tend to include an overwhelming amount of distracting data (Avg HR, Max HR, Cadence, Pace, ect).
Sometimes, less is more :) I use a Google excel doc for mine and have not looked back!
Awesome idea! Long time lurker! Org psychologist by trade, unemployed right now. If you need additional help or ideas, let me know! Would love to volunteer my time to help you succeed!
The latter. I don’t really consider it a charity since the people could easily pay for it (plus tube radios are so simple to fix). However, upon receiving it back, they are quick to realize the missing memories they might have given up.
Selfishly I do it to keep up my soldering skills when none of my amateur radio related radios need servicing. Plus putting a little good karma out there never hurt anyone.
Love this article. About once a year, I’ll buy an eBay tube radio from someone local. I’ll fix it on up since the tubes are usually good and all that needs to be replaced are the sad wax caps. Maybe a little realignment as well since I have it open.
I then give it back to the seller who usually is excited about having it work again. Once in a while I will put the stories on eham.net.
If for any reason the radio breaks, going to send the author an email to offer to fix it for free. All it takes are about $3 worth of mouser capacitors in my experience.