[ARC5] On Hacking

[Todd, KA1KAQ]

On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 12:39 PM, J. Forster <jfor at quikus.com> wrote:

> All right, you proponents of 'ham improvements' to ARC-5 gear
>

I don't recall anyone ever making that argument.

The overall argument is that surplus played a large role in giving new or
not-so-well-healed hams access to the airwaves and inspiration to learn
more, try more, take it further. They became the engineers, technicians and
so on who were part of the bigger picture of innovation and improvement,
not a bunch of idiots with pliers and hammers who set about smashing
pristine surplus daily for something to do.

And that this very surplus market is what we owe a debt of gratitude to,
for providing so much of what we have and still find today that is
untouched, NIB and so on.

The 'improvement' was being able to get on the air vs. not. Simple stuff,
really.

~ Todd/KAQ