[ARC5] the age old battle of modify or sanctify and the Demilldilemma

[Bob Macklin]

Do the military collectors have nets using this kind of equipment?  The 
ARC-5/SCR-274 equipment was made for a purpose much different from ham 
radio. As built they are very poor ham radios.

My interest in them is nearly the same now as it was in the 50's. I am 
satisfied with getting hacked units that can be modified to a point where 
they are useable on today's ham bands.

The HF bands today are much different here in the PNW than they were in the 
late 50's.

Bob Macklin
K5MYJ
Seattle, Wa.
"Real Radios Glow In The Dark"
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <MillerKE6F at aol.com>
To: <jfor at quik.com>
Cc: <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>; <kk5f at arrl.net>
Sent: Monday, February 07, 2011 4:44 PM
Subject: Re: [ARC5] the age old battle of modify or sanctify and the 
Demilldilemma


>
> That's not my point, but I still maintain that if hams in the early years
> had not bought great quantities of surplus be it hacked or just rat packed
> away,  there would be little around today to even argue about.  This is 
> not a
> specious argument, but a bloody fact!    I have no  problem with those
> folks who back in the day hacked up these rascals to either  use them or 
> to
> learn about the fundamentals or radios or to glean parts for  their own
> creations.  I just get tired of all the BS condemnation of those  souls 
> who indeed
> made the stuff work and in that process preserved much if not  all that is
> available to us today be it a pristine command set found in an  estate 
> sale
> or a command set transmitter that had been used as the foundation  for a
> W2EWL SSB package.  For what it's worth I've preserved a number of  these 
> old
> beasts in my collection and with that said I would not tear up a  pristine
> unit with all the other pre-converted units on hand.  But I do  admire 
> much of
> what was created out of this stuff be it a VFO or a full fledged  SSB
> exciter.  Those were exciting times and I'll stick to my guns saying  that 
> those
> days were the real history of this stuff from a Ham's point of  view.
>
> 73
>
> Bob, Ke6f
>
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