[ARC5] On Hacking

[Geoff]

Improvements are usually incremental, even a tube swap conforms.


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> &gt; The 'improvement' was being able to get on the air vs. not.
>
> Whether a change is an improvement sometimes has to be looked at in 
> context of use. I think I read that? "bandspreading" and some other 
> changes shouldn't be counted as improvements, just ham conveniences.? If 
> they made the equipment more ham-usable, when they being used by a ham, 
> then I think they were improvements in that context. Minor improvements, 
> perhaps, but improvements.
>
> Wayne
> WB4OGM