[Boatanchors] BC 348 - Modifications are good for you

[Peter Markavage]

I picked up a ARC-5 on Radio Row back around 1960 for $2.00 and converted
it to a 8 MHz VFO for use on 6 meters. Am I a bad person? I won't mention
what it sold for last year.
Pete, wa2cwa

On Sun, 17 Jun 2007 23:03:25 -0400 J Forster <jfor at quik.com> writes:
> Your attitude is sad.
> 
> I've seen literally hundreds of ham-hacked sets for sale at flea 
> markets and on
> eBay. They rarely bring even 1/10th of what unmolested sets bring. 
> The majority
> wind up as scrap. So much for 'improving' the radios with often 
> ill-conceived or
> poorl;y engineered mods.
> 
> FWIW,
> -John