[ARC5] [Milsurplus] Intercom amp (AM-26/AIC)

[k0ng at windstream.net]

>>>>>>Dave:  What frequency will your "xtal" TBY set be on ??  Maybe I will look
for you with mine !!!  Sure wish you were within normal operating range, that would be fun.  73, DE Charlie,   K0NG   ..

---- David Stinson <arc5 at ix.netcom.com> wrote: 
> If I gave the impression of "hard feelings," 
> I sure didn't mean to.  I wasn't trying to accuse
> you of anything, Larry and I regret if it sounded
> that way.  I thought that when I got older, 
> I was supposed to get wiser..... doh!
> 
> Anyways, there's a line out there and we all
> struggle to find our version of it.  
> Continuing the example of the Mona Lisa;
> If the absolute preservation of Leonardo's 
> work in its untouched, original state was
> the goal, then it would have to be locked away
> in an inert gas within a light-proof case
> and never handled again.  Not only would such
> an effort effectively "kill" the piece, 
> since it would, in a sense, cease to exist,
> but the effort would ultimately fail,
> since Father Time will eventually defeat 
> even these measures.
> I don't have a problem with putting ol'Mona
> in a new frame, or having a competent
> restoration project to protect her from 
> Father Time without having to lock her away.
> The restorations aren't the "original" work,
> but they are necessary to preserve that work
> while keeping her "alive" to people.
> 
> By the same logic- I think clipping the 
> wire to a bad cap or resistor and tacking
> a new one in its place, leaving the original 
> part and wire dress, is legitimate.
> Nor do I have much problem with external 
> "innovations" which may not be "by the book,"
> but bring the set to life.
> I'd even go as far as an up-coming project,
> which will non-destructively crystal control 
> the TBY with a crystal Hue kindly sent me 
> years ago and which I'm just getting to.
> 
> Others feel no changes at all are justified
> and the piece should be "display only."
> I can dig that, since it perserves the set.
> But my thinking evolved over time;
> I certainly hacked and whacked enough 
> in my youth.  Perhaps it will evolve
> some more as time goes on.
> 
> 73 Dave S.
> 
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