[ARC5] Surplus Radio Conversion Manuals

[Scott Robinson]

I've heard it said that low cost surplus radios were what got a lot of 
hams who had very little money on the air and into the hobby. This 
situation really helped grow interest in ham radio, which is a good thing.

Peace,

Scott


>>> On 4/26/2018 6:57 PM, jeepp wrote:
>>> At the time, it was plentiful and the mind-set present today had not remotely arrived
>>
>> Of course that's exactly right, with WWII in the rear-view mirror and technology growing at a rapid rate, hams of the 50s and 60s viewed cheap surplus radios as a convenient source of parts or a basis for modification.   A perfect example and one of my favorite projects is the W2EWL "Cheap and Easy SSB" transmitter that appeared in March 1956 QST (and in several Mobile and SSB Handbooks).