[ARC5] ARC5 Digest, Vol 85, Issue 21

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Jeff,

John wrote :

>> 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.

Now, Jeff, Is that what you did?  Have read your message (see below)  
several times but it's not clear..... (?)

Dennis D. W7QHO
Glendale, CA

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On Feb 6, 2011, at 4:38 PM, Jeff Tuttle wrote:

> 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