[ARC5] Inspired Hack Job

[Bob Macklin]

Remember that in the 50's and 60's there were many hams that could not 
afford a commercial SSB rigs and they attempted solutions like this.

Bob Macklin
K5MYJ
Seattle, Wa.
"Real Radios Glow In The Dark"
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From: "David Stinson" <arc5 at ix.netcom.com>
To: <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2013 3:18 AM
Subject: Re: [ARC5] Inspired Hack Job


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>> Ebay:  181092850327
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> 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
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