[Boatanchors] ART-13 "conversion"

Mon, 22 Mar 2004 19:40:54 -0600

Larry, I'll score your reply in the 'rotten tomato' category.  Uncle 
uncle!  I give up, already!

Bill, please contact me off-list, if you wish, and we'll see where we go 
from there (better wait until I find a towel, though...).

regards,

Mahlon - K4OQ

Larry Saletzki wrote:

> Mahlon,
> 
> Don't you DARE gut that ART-13 before you e-mail or talk to Bill N6PY who I
> have copied in on this e-mail. No matter how bug eaten or peed on, it
> probably can still be brought back to life. You never know how many lives
> that that ART-13 might have saved. Please give it some respect before just
> desecrating it. I am sure Bill will have some suggestions or will fill out
> adoption papers for it.
> Thanks
> Larry WA9VRH
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mahlon Haunschild" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Monday, March 22, 2004 6:29 PM
> Subject: [Boatanchors] ART-13 "conversion"
> 
> 
> 
>>Hello, list.  And now for something completely different.
>>
>>Are there any examples out there of an ART-13 conversion (or maybe
>>repackaging) to make something more operator-friendly or
>>cabinet-friendly?  Reason being I acquired a basket-case ART-13 last
>>week that I would never dream would work in its original form (too
>>filthy/bug-eaten), so gutting the cabinet, getting rid of all of the
>>auto-tune stuff, but keeping the RF / audio hardware and re-packaging
>>the result to build something in a rack-mountable format came to mind.
>>
>>Didn't get a power supply, so that's a whole 'nuther discussion, of
> 
> course.
> 
>>Opinions?  Rotten tomatoes?
>>
>>regards,
>>
>>Mahlon - K4OQ
>>
>>
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