[ARC5] AAAAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHH! :-(

[Geoff]

I wouldnt have blamed whoever did that one bit no matter what year. Way too 
many on here have a very narrow view on reality and think that only their 
way is good.

I wonder why some of the older ones dont already own everything of the ARC-5 
style? Late bloomers I guess and most of the kiddies havent a clue of what 
transpired since 1945.

As far as the 70's or 80's switches I can very well understand a ham with a 
hamband only rig wanting to do some SWLing or even your basic non ham SWL.

Carl



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Nickels" <ranickel at comcast.net>
To: <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2013 10:51 AM
Subject: Re: [ARC5] AAAAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHH! :-(


>I realize I'm in the minority here by cutting a break for those guys who 
>modified command sets back in the 40s and 50s when it was given no  more 
>thought that we'd give to re-purposing a PC power supply today.   But 
>miniature toggle switches didn't become popular and available until when --  
>the early 70s perhaps?  (those colored handles say "Radio Shack" to me). 
>There was far less justification to do this kind of modification by that 
>time, even though the receiver would have still been unwanted and 
>considered  "junk".   We didn't get access to 17 meters until the early 
>80s, and despite the sellers contradictory statements, regardless whether 
>it  tunes from 13.5 to 20 Mc or to 21 Mc, it would have only been useful on 
>the crowded, SSB-dominated 20 meter band, not  on 15 meters in any case.
>
> I agree with Todd,  many hams who used military gear did their best to 
> "civilianize" it, and since no one had much money invested,  they didn't 
> hesitate to drill holes, remove nameplates, etc. - especially since there 
> were probably "10 more where this one came from"...
>
> 73, Bob W9RAN
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