[Boatanchors] Re: Modifications are bad

[WA5CAB at cs.com]

Yep, that's fairly typical of the mentality of the handbook writers.  Another 
infamous example is their claim that engineers at GE had heart attacks 
because a 1941 BC-696 (12-15 watts output and 3 to 4 MC coverage) was lighter than a 
1935 BC-191 (100 watts output and 260 KC to 12 MC coverage).

In a message dated 6/18/2007 1:01:23 AM Central Daylight Time, 
wlhoward at verizon.net writes: 
> One of the more interesting conversions is for the SCR 183 set. Start by 
> removing all the tube sockets, then remove all the variable capacitors. 
> Remove the coil socket. Then remove all the remaining resistors and 
> capacitors. By this point, all that is left is a bare chassis. What a 
> conversion!

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