[ARC5] Inspired Hack Job

[David Stinson]

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> Ebay:  181092850327

IMHO, it's yet another example of attempting 
to make a Chevy Corvette out of a Model-T Ford.
Rather than enjoy the "Model-T" for what it was,
he ended-up with "neither fish nor foul"  
and tossed it into the junk heap.

If the "Easy SSB Exciter" was such a great idea,
why are there not several still being used on the air?
I have never in all these years heard even ONE.
There certainly are a lot of original (or nearly so)
Command Sets winging-along.  
So why not this "wonderful SSB ham innovation?"
Maybe because it was actually 
a poorly-working piece of JUNK?

Like most "hack jobs:"  If it was ever finished at all-
and most were not- it one-lunged and crippled-along,
trying to do that for which it was never intended,
until the hacker got enough money to buy a commercial rig.  
The poor, abused Command Set then went into 
a dirty old garage box for the next four decades.

I have been working with Command Sets off-and-on
for over 40 years.  
I have seen and handled hundreds of "hack" jobs.
I believe it accurate to say that 90% or more 
were unfinished and/or unusable "train wrecks" 
which never did another lick of useful work.

YMMV of course.
73 DE Dave AB5S