[ARC5] Kludge -

John Watkins jpwatkins9 at yahoo.com
Sat Jul 17 22:12:08 EDT 2010 

Mac,

Here in Muscat,Oman, we hit 43C yesterday.  Nothing like in Baghdad, was 54C. the other day

Dusty too.

Cheers,

John  WD5ENU/A45XV

--- On Sat, 7/17/10, D C *Mac* Macdonald <k2gkk at hotmail.com> wrote:

> From: D C *Mac* Macdonald <k2gkk at hotmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [ARC5] Kludge -
> To: "ARC-5 Mail List" <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
> Date: Saturday, July 17, 2010, 3:25 PM
> 
> Digital thermometer reading here in
> Oklahoma City is 98.1 F / 36.7 C.
> 
> ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
> ~ 73 - Mac, K2GKK/5 ~
> ~ (Since 30 Nov 53) ~
> ~ Oklahoma City, OK ~
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> > From: meils at get2net.dk
> > To: arc5 at mailman.qth.net
> > Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2010 20:12:07 +0200
> > Subject: Re: [ARC5] Kludge -
> >
> > Is everyone here having a heat wave ~ - ~ - ~ ?
> >
> > Henry oz1uf , (oddezt of oz)/ to kludge or NOT to
> kludge ..
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Mike Feher" 
> > To: "'Discussion of AN/ARC-5 military radio
> equipment.'"
> > 
> > Cc: 
> > Sent: Saturday, July 17, 2010 8:04 PM
> > Subject: [ARC5] Kludge -
> >
> >
> > 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. - Mike
> >
> > Mike B. Feher, N4FS
> > 89 Arnold Blvd.
> > Howell, NJ, 07731
> > 732-886-5960
> >
> >
> > .
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: arc5-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:arc5-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
> On
> > Behalf Of mac
> > Sent: Saturday, July 17, 2010 1:22 PM
> > To: Discussion of AN/ARC-5 military radio equipment.
> > Cc: jfor at quik.com
> > Subject: Re: [ARC5] [Milsurplus] Well I'm trying...
> >
> > 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" 
> >> To: ; "Discussion of AN/ARC-5 military radio
> >> equipment."
> >> 
> >> Sent: Saturday, July 17, 2010 9:57 AM
> >> Subject: Re: [ARC5] [Milsurplus] Well I'm
> trying...
> >>
> >>
> >> 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"
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "J. Forster" 
> >> To: "Michael" 
> >> Cc: "'Discussion of AN/ARC-5 military radio
> equipment.'"
> >> ; "'Milsurplus New mailman'"
> >> 
> >> Sent: Saturday, July 17, 2010 8:23 AM
> >> Subject: Re: [ARC5] [Milsurplus] Well I'm
> trying...
> >>
> >>
> >> Original?
> >>
> >> AFAIK, the original was a German printing press
> made by a company of
> >> that
> >> name. It was certainly a common derogatory
> description of an inelegant
> >> technical solution in 1960.
> >>
> >> -John
> >>
> >> ===============
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>> If you were going to define "kludge," that
> would be the first
> >>>> picture to
> >>> use.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> I Take Offense! See my blogs for pictures of
> the One and Only True
> >>> Kludge.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Anyway, Dave, that "epic" (which should have
> three parts, not two)
> >>> was
> >>> quite
> >>> educational. Since I want an ATC (or Navy
> T-47/ART-13 rather than
> >>> the
> >>> AAF/USAF versions since it's going with a Navy
> BC-348Q - gotta keep
> >>> it in
> >>> the family, y'know), I'll keep these in mind
> when I finally get one
> >>> and
> >>> start working on it. Or get several to
> assemble into one. :-)
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Best regards,
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Michael, WH7HG BL01xh
> >>>
> >>> http://www.nationalmssociety.org/chapters/NTH/index.aspx
> >>>
> >>> http://wh7hg.blogspot.com/
> >>>
> >>> http://kludges-other-blog.blogspot.com
> >>>
> >>> Hiki Nô!
> >>>
> >>>
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