[ARC5] Can yoiu say...

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When I was first licensed and exposed to surplus equipment in the late 
50's, the variety and availability was still good.  The issue I was 
presented with was the general lack of 24v (and at times 12v, too) power 
supplies with higher current.  That precipitated re-stringing filaments 
and such.  My best recollection was splitting the gain pots in the 
BC-348 and trying to add an S-meter.  Now, of course, its a pariah to do 
this and I don't disagree....now.  But at the time, it was a wholly 
different mindset. Regarding cost of surplus in "those days," I have to 
agree with Robert, in part.  If one does a value of money comparison, 
the $79 BC-348 in 1950 could cost over $500 dollars in today's 
environment.  Exceptions, of course... the new 50-cent J-38 would be 
about $10 today.  I wish.....  So, things weren't as cheap as they appear.

Jeep - K3HVG


On 6/13/2017 2:33 AM, WA5CAB--- via ARC5 wrote:
> People (or men, anyway) had about as much money in the 50's as they 
> have today.  I know because I was there.  As an overall concept (there 
> are exceptions to every rule), I don't buy into claims about how much 
> people learned by butchering surplus.  I've had a lot more of it pass 
> through my hands than most people.  I have in my storage buildings 
> right now probably around 50 Command Set receivers or transmitters.  
> Some are apparently untouched.  On those that aren't, most of the 
> workmanship is pretty bad. Anyone who started working for me and did 
> work that badly wouldn't work for me for very long before I ran them off.
>
> In a message dated 06/12/2017 20:34:26 PM Central Daylight Time, 
> gbabits at custertel.net writes:
>> Quit judgeing work of 70 years ago by what you think today. After the 
>> war
>> and into the early 1950s  people wanted to get on the air, had very 
>> little
>> money, and used what they could.  The command sets were cheap and 
>> plentiful.
>> Great way to get started.  There are probably more "heavilly modified"
>> command sets than there are unmodified ones.
>>
>> 73,
>> George
>> W7HDL
>
>
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