[ARC5] Kludge -

[Michael Bittner]

Whether its Kluge or Kludge, I never heard the term in connection with the 
WWII German General von Kluge.  However, it was used constantly, during the 
late 1950s, by the technicians in two different reasearch labs in Palo Alto, 
CA where I worked while attending Stanford.  Of course the term continues to 
this day.  The key phrase "yet effective" is applicable to everything I saw 
in those labs.  Don't care what it looks like, but its gotta work.  Mike 
W6MAB
  .

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One man's inspiration is another man's kluge, especially in the area
of restoration.

The term is generally used as a derogative but interesting to note
Wikipedia includes "yet effective" in the definition.

Dennis D. W7QHO
Glendale, CA



On Jul 17, 2010, at 9:50 AM, Michael Bittner wrote:

> The only problem with that story is that the General's name was Von
> Kluge,
> pronounced clue-ga.  No letter d in the name.
>
> Mike W6MAB
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bob Macklin" <macklinbob at msn.com>
> To: <jfor at quik.com>; "Discussion of AN/ARC-5 military radio
> equipment."
> <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Saturday, July 17, 2010 9:57 AM
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>
> The word "kludge" was created in WWII.
>
> German general Von Kludge was know for innovation. If he need
> infantry and
> all he had was cook, they became infantry.
>
> Our WWII GIs created the phrase "it's a kludge".
>
> Bob Macklin
> K5MYJ
> Seattle, Wa.
> "Real Radios Glow In The Dark"