[ARC5] R-23/ARC-5, etc

[Bob Camp]

Hi

I’ll hop into the fire on that one ….

Things took a pretty major swing between when I started playing with this
stuff and the turn of the century. Way back when, tearing into this or that
was something “everybody did”. You might not make it better. You likely
learned a lot in the process. 

As time went by, piles of these poor damaged radios showed up at hamfests.
It became pretty obvious that the mods typically turned a (somewhat)
valuable item into something nobody really wanted. We reacted accordingly
and swung over to restoration rather than modification. 

Here we are now with piles of unmodified gear. We also don’t have a lot
of kids diving into this. Back when I was a kid, the modification stuff was 
what got me going. Restoration back then … not very exciting. 

Bob

> On Aug 7, 2023, at 5:12 PM, Hubert Miller <Kargo_cult at msn.com> wrote:
> 
> One of the more interesting videos on Command Sets. Nice job too, on the local adapter, front panel.
> I just watched yours and then another that came up. The other fellow made a nice fresh local adapter.
> With LED and 3.5 mm headphone plug. Isn't that nice? No, i don't think it's nice. I think it looks like 
> hell. 
> Watching these videos, i'm thinking i went wrong and should have collected a few Command Sets
> instead of heavy beasts like the R-808 and KWEa and so on. The Command Sets, you can easily
> put them away in the closet. I am thinking of FET conversions now also, but lest your ire flare, i'm
> thinking of plug-ins that do not permanently afix to the radio. Just thinking, anyway.
> -Hue Miller 
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