[ARC5] Kludge -

[D C *Mac* Macdonald]

"Ham Desk" with all Collins gear shown with a
custom made wood panel to fit the equipment??  
 
Claimed it could be customized for ANY gear,
if I remember correctly.  I thought it was
in the mid-to-late 60s, though.
 
I don't remember anything about a name of
Kluge/Kluge or anything similar.
 
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~ 73 - Mac, K2GKK/5 ~
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~ Oklahoma City, OK ~
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> From: kgordon2006 at verizon.net
> To: n4fs at eozinc.com
> Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2010 11:17:56 -0700
> CC: Arc5 at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [ARC5] Kludge -
>
> On 17 Jul 2010 at 14:04, Mike Feher wrote:
>
>> Regardless of what Wiki says, the term became popular with hams after
>> and advertising, I believe from CQ, showed up. I believe it was only
>> advertised once around the mid 50's. It showed a typical cluttered ham
>> station with all the wires going haphazardly all over the place,
>> especially in the back of the gear. This guy called Kludge, advertised
>> an operating desk that would neatly arrange everything. Since there
>> was only one ad, it must not have taken off. Regardless, after that,
>> anything wired haphazardly, or thrown together by hams was referred to
>> as a kludge. Since I have all the CQ's downstairs, I'll have to look
>> through most of them, in the "Index of Advertisers" to see if I can
>> find it. I cannot believe none of the other OTs on here remember that.
>
> **I** remember it: neat-looking rig/deal/item, but too expensive, IMHO.
>
> Ken W7EKB
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