[ARC5] An Update

[Steve Williams]

Mike,
   I was glad to hear that you were updating and expanding your User's
Guide. Since you have asked for comments and suggestions I'll throw in my 2
cents worth. I would love to see at least a paragraph or two that
discourages the conversion of all of these WWII radios. The times are very
different now than when your book was first published and there are many
people trying to preserve these radios in their original state for the sake
of WWII history. Most of those people subscribe to this and many other lists
like it.
  If a person wants to relive his early days of Ham radio and decides he'd
like to convert another Command Set, encourage him to find one that has
already been converted. There are far more of those left than there are
originals. At the very least encourage them to do so in such a way that it
can be easily undone, and for God's sake tell them not to ever drill a hole
in one. How many Command Set transmitters have been ruined by adding a
SO-239 and key jack to the front panel?
  There's some very good information in the archives of this list from Dave
Stinson on the minimum that it takes to put a command set on the air and it
can be done without drilling holes or adding a bunch of wire screen to
reduce TVI. 
  That's my suggestion; I hope you'll consider it. I've used you book for
several years now as a quick reference for part numbers and the like and I
look forward to seeing the next copy.

Steve Williams
KB4DMF