[ARC5] [MRCA] AN/PRC-74 Schematics

[Fred Cousins]

Hi Bill

***word of warning***   like many hams-  I am cash poor my nature, and
extremely frugal by choice-

Before you try to find a person with large format scanner - try this:

1) Borrow or use an 5 megapixel or better SLR and a tripod.
2) Find a room in your house with a good clear wall and plenty of sunlight
(like the living room)
3) Carefully tack your schematics on the wall at eye level.
4) Set camera on the tripod - turn off flash- set your zoom focal length to
55mm or better (not wide angle that causes distortion). Try to fill the
frame completely with your subject.
5) Take the picture
6) Transfer the photo to your computer - crop and correct contrast using
Picassa or your favorite photo editor

I cannot tell you how many photos, books and illustrations I have done that
way - a lot of time I will just do them outside,  handheld,  if the light
and the weather is good.

My mother was an artist- I once photographed her huge collection
of watercolors pretty much like that above - that was in the days of
Kodachrome- where you weren't sure of what you got till it came back from
the processor.

NOW with digital cameras -  with auto-exposure, auto-focus and even
vibration reduction lenses - its dead simple.


73

Fred Cousins KD7EDW