[ARC5] On Hacking

[J. Forster]

> 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 claim has been made, repeatedly. And, IMO, is basically nonsense.

-John

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>
> 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
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