[ARC5] Using gear - preserving gear

[Leslie Smith]

Hello list:

Without beginning a new thread, and on the subject of "preserving" vs "using", and at the same time saying something rather obvious:

REALLY GOOD STUFF.
If I came into possession of a complete/as new "command" (AN/ARC-5 or even some other set) I would treat it (preserve it) in a completely different way to the way I deal with other sets that I have.  

JUNK vs NICE STUFF.
I have sets that are "junk".  I wreck "pillage" on these sets.  I have sets that are "not quite new out in box", - and I keep them that way, pretty much.  I have sets that are partly modified, but not too much.  I restore these sets as much as possible.

BENEFIT OF BELONGING TO THIS THIS.
I imagine my strategy above is the same as just about every other subscriber to this list.  When I first arrived (here) I came with back-ground got from 1960's CQ.  That was:  I'm an amateur radio operator. I modify, hack, change, and experiment.   I'm an unrecognised genius; the Edison within only needs the right circumstances to escape and be revealed.     

With the help of this group my attitude changed.   Here I learned the value of these sets.

That's all I have to say.


73 and AR de Les

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