[ARC5] Clarification -T22 Request for Conversion Info

[Mike]

Ron Evans wrote:
 
> I have no intention of destroying the collectible value of my T-22 by
> drilling holes in it!  That was never my intention.  Now we can all
> breathe easier.

Ron,

I take the "radical" viewpoint on operating mint WWII gear.

IMHO, doing ANYTHING to an unmodified relic like any WWII-era radio gear
instantly transforms it from a historical artifact that is becoming
increasingly scarce into just another 50 cent ham-hacked hamfest
flea-market piece of junk.  This includes recapping or otherwise
altering the original configuration in any way, even if it is so-called
"reversible." 

There are so many ham-molested sets out there at hamfests that would
make very good rigs to put on the air, to the point that it is really
inadvisable and totally unnecessary to alter or operate a unit that is
truely mint and unmodified.

There is no piece of WWII and Korean-era radio equipment, no matter how
common it once was, that doesn't today deserve preservation in original
condition if it has somehow managed to escape for the past 60 years all
of the terrible, silly, ignorant, outlandish, ill-thought, or just plain
stupid ham-bone redesigns and "improvements" of the past.

As I said, I'm a bit radical on this.  But all my equipment that is mint
stays that way and is not energized.  Energization guarantees ultimately
the failure of irreplacable components.  I've got a stable of previously
violated sets picked up for near nothing at hamfests that I can energize
if I want to put something vintage on the air.  Near nothing is what
you'll turn that T-22/ARC-5 in to if you modify it in any way.

73,
Mike / KK5F