[ARC5] ARC-5/274N/A.R.C. question

[D. Platt]

All comments very good, indeed... and enlightening.  The thing is, 
perhaps we should always add to discussion the environment in which the 
various sets were /designed/ to be used. If one factors that in, as you 
point out, things become a bit more clear.  There is no question, 
whatever, that we amateurs look to this equipment to accomplish that 
which it was never originally intended.  As an unintended consequence, 
we (me, too) often criticize, second guess, and try and out-do the 
original designers.   No way that the GRC-9 was meant to work, 
coast-to-coast, even though it sometimes can. And, I'll tell you 
what.... this stuff still works as late as the hour is.  I doubt we'll 
see that phenomena for our contemporary technology.

Jeep - K3HVG