[ARC5] OT? bc-348 bfo question

[Michael St. Angelo]

Fernando,

Don't be concerned about the hacking criticism. Modifying our equipment has
always been a part of amateur radio.

If hacking helps you understand the operation of the receiver it has
accomplished it's goal.

I started in the hobby in the 1960's. I could not afford new equipment and
received my first surplus form an uncle.  He had operated communications
equipment in WW2 and encouraged me to experiment with it to learn how it
worked and to improve it.

Surplus equipment was plentiful back then. Unmodified equipment is scarce
these days but there is plenty of modified equipment around these days to
hack.

Look luck and keep us informed of your progress.

Mike N2MS

-----Original Message-----
From: arc5-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:arc5-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On
Behalf Of Fernando - LU2DFM
Sent: Saturday, September 14, 2013 9:16 AM
To: arc5 at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [ARC5] OT? bc-348 bfo question

On Sat, Sep 14, 2013 at 06:18:13AM -0500, John Hutchins wrote:
> Fernando
> If you have a previously hacked set go for all kinds of modifications, 
> in fact I would encourage it.  Otherwise I suggest only making 
> modifications that are easily reversible.

This receiver was salvaged from scrap, it was previously beaten and modified
to sick, I taked it apart _completelly_ to revert back modifications and
correct wiring.

I'm taking flak here for hacking, even when I said nothing of modifications
of any kind, reversibles or not. I'm trying to get knowledge about the
circuit of the receiver.

>