[ARC5] ARB Modifications

[Tim]

I think that anything with a micro processor or LCD display is doomed....
Tim N6CC

On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 9:23 AM, Bill Cromwell <wrcromwell at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 2012-11-01 at 19:07 -0700, Kenneth G. Gordon wrote:
> ---snip---
> > Didn't even have to be re-aligned after 70+ years.
> >
> > I wonder if your YaeComWoods will work as well in 70+ years.
> >
> > I heartily doubt it.
> >
> > Ken W7EKB
> > ______________________________________________________________
>
> It just happens that I have one of those sets from the 70s. That is not
> nearly 70 years old and the manufacturers, although still in business,
> no longer support it. The TX and RX each have some top secret,
> proprietary parts that are unobtanium. I can probably work around that,
> in fact I already did once (a transistor sub), but some of the
> workarounds could be real dogs. Even my Ten Tec is doubtful about
> replacement, proprietary parts from the 80s. My RAK manual on the other
> hand spells out details like the turns counts of the various RF
> inductors and other info needed to fabricate new parts. But so far I
> don't have to do that.
>
> 73,
>
> Bill  KU8H
>
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