[ARC5] ARC5 Digest, Vol 85, Issue 21

Sun Feb 6 19:38:33 EST 2011

Thanks, Jess

My first receiver was an ARC-5 won at a hamfest as a door prize at age 
11. Didn't even know what it was, but it inspired me to get involved in 
electronics (and especially amateur radio) to this very day. The first 
transmitter was an ARC-5 purchased at a hamfest for $1.50 at age 12 and 
inspired my way, also. Yeah, 'hacked' them both back then just to get on 
the air after taking classes to get a license. Building power supplies, 
oscillators, and antennas was an amazing adventure. It was all done with 
friends with a common interest while helping one another.

Recreated my original 'un-molested' ARC-5 station several years ago by 
acquiring the above, obtaining and utilizing the old 'Conversion' 
articles to do the very same thing. That was just to re-live the 
adventure ... and it worked.

To those of you who don't like to see your version of history destroyed, 
go and buy them all up. You cannot have mine, nor the memories or why I 
did it.

Jeff ~ AI8H

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>     1. Re: [Milsurplus] Economic realities and modification (Jess Lewis)
>     2. Re: [Milsurplus] Economic realities and modification (J. Forster)
>     3. Re: [Milsurplus] Economic realities and modification (Jess Lewis)
>     4. Re: [Milsurplus] Economic realities and modification (Bob Macklin)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2011 16:37:57 -0600
> From: "Jess Lewis"<kr4oj at bellsouth.net>
> Subject: Re: [ARC5] [Milsurplus] Economic realities and modification
> To: "Ray Fantini"<RAFANTINI at salisbury.edu>,
> 	<milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>,	<arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
> Message-ID:<075911FDC5054C0FBA5F25806925A0F0 at JessLewisPC>
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> ?Agreed....
>
> Most of the articles in the ?Evil? CQ Surplus Conversion manuals, were
> reprints from 1946~1950, when the average ham was lucky to be making $40~50
> per week. The good communications were in the $250 ~500 range, so were well
> out of the price range of many, especially the newer&  younger budding hams.
>
> Some rigs, in the older ads were selling for xxx dollars, and oh by the way,
> if you wanted tubes for that, they were optional extra.
>
> So, a logical solution was to plunk down your $5. Get a brand new, in the
> box, surplus rig and get on the air, or hack&  experiment to try and make it
> do what you wanted. Part of the FUN of being a ham, wasn't it??
> Surplus gear isn't something sacred to most people, just as old rusty and
> bent up automobiles from the 40 to 60 era isn't either. The museums are full
> of pristine "military surplus" rigs, if you are itching to see one. So, what
> is the point in "blasting" or looking down your nose at someone who hacked&
> had fun in doing it.
>
> Jess KR4OJ
>
>
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> ------------------------------
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> Message: 2
> Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2011 14:45:09 -0800 (PST)
> From: "J. Forster"<jfor at quik.com>
> Subject: Re: [ARC5] [Milsurplus] Economic realities and modification
> To: ARC5 at mailman.qth.net
> Message-ID:<62865.12.6.201.2.1297032309.squirrel at popaccts.quikus.com>
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> Sorry. I disagree.
>
> There are people out there that want to replicate "their first Novice
> station" and are looking for NIB radios (price almost no object) to hack
> up following some "conversion" article....  just like in the 1950s.
>
> -John
>
> ================
>
>
>> With the increasingly higher price and rarity of unmodified or ?Ham
> Hacked? equipment out their I would speculate that no one in their right
> mind would pay huge amounts for a Command set or unmodified BC-348 and
> than proceed to hack it. They can buy way less expensive ?Hacked? sets
> for a fraction of the cost and if like me you?re looking to build up a
> copy of your first receiver, or what your first receiver should have
> been your going to buy the hacked set for less money to start with.
> [snip]
>
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> Message: 3
> Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2011 16:49:54 -0600
> From: "Jess Lewis"<kr4oj at bellsouth.net>
> Subject: Re: [ARC5] [Milsurplus] Economic realities and modification
> To: "Jess Lewis"<kr4oj at bellsouth.net>,<milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>,
> 	<arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
> Message-ID:<0E2FE6F9EB5941F899426722BA8F893D at JessLewisPC>
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> ?OOPS..
>
> Should have read.... The good communications [RECEIVERS] were in the $250
> ~500 range, so were well
> out of the price range of many, especially the newer&  younger budding hams
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
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> Message: 4
> Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2011 15:40:31 -0800
> From: Bob Macklin<macklinbob at msn.com>
> Subject: Re: [ARC5] [Milsurplus] Economic realities and modification
> To: "Jess Lewis"<kr4oj at bellsouth.net>,<milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>,
> 	<arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
> Message-ID:<BLU0-SMTP38BC3F9A0F8ECEDDE3BAEDC5E80 at phx.gbl>
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> You can also consider that most of this stuff was available for free to MARS
> members.
>
> Bob Macklin
> K5MYJ
> Seattle, Wa.
> "Real Radios Glow In The Dark"
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jess Lewis"<kr4oj at bellsouth.net>
> To: "Jess Lewis"<kr4oj at bellsouth.net>;<milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>;
> <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2011 2:49 PM
> Subject: Re: [ARC5] [Milsurplus] Economic realities and modification
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>
>> ?OOPS..
>>
>> Should have read.... The good communications [RECEIVERS] were in the $250
>> ~500 range, so were well
>> out of the price range of many, especially the newer&  younger budding
>> hams
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