[ARC5] An Update

[Michael Tauson]

> > From: "Steve Williams" <swkb4dmf at alltel.net>

>    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. 

This is a valid concern and one I hadn't even given
consideration, especially since I'm one of the many
who, 30 to (EEK!) 50 years ago, did abuse the sets
rather badly.  Keeping the few remaining virgin sets
as built is necessary for history's sake and I am
painfully aware of how cruel those who ignore history
can be.  (Anyone see a B-32 around lately?)  

This works for all versions, by the way.  I'm working
on acquiring a complete SCR-283 out of a BT-13. 
Complete, intact, but aged.  It will be restored to
it's original pristine condition then put on the air. 


In another list, someone has an RU-19 receiver for
sale with one of the coils.  I'm trying to get it to
create an RU/GF equivelent set, also operational. 
(I've found a few R-1/ARR-1s I can probably cause to
work with it if I can find the coil set to match.  A
ZB by any other name ... )  

> 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.

REad above; I'm one of them.  <G>

>   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. 

Again, agreed.  Which leads me to wonder what the
*worst* hack job on a Command Set was, and if anyone
has pictures of it.  A picture's worth a thousand
words or some such thing.

>   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 

*chuckling* ... Already digging.  There's a treasure
trove of info in there, actually.  I'm having a good
time reading as well as learning a lot I didn't know I
didn't know ... or had forgotten over the years,
dependent on how one looks at it.

>   That's my suggestion; I hope you'll consider it.

Consider it done. <G>

> 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.

As you might imagine from the conversations here, it's
going to be a much more in depth look, including at
the history of the Command sets and RFL/Boonton/ARC.

Best regards,

Michael, K3MXO

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