[Boatanchors] BC 348 - Modifications are good for you

[Horace W. Hall]

Seems to me there is reason for preserving pristine & converted sets (this
is not a new idea). Many units out there are good examples of original mil
hardware and probably ought to be left that way. But many units are out
there that cannot ever be restored to good examples of orginal mil
hardware. But some of those latter units can be 'restored' to working
examples of amateur conversion radios of decades gone by. The latter seems
a thing worth preservation, too, even though it is not of so great
historical, monetary or museum value. It's peacetime-ham-history vice
war-history artifacts. There is earnest intent, I think, in those who
preserve both kinds.

I'm old enough to have converted a few mil surplus radios when they were
virtually hamfest give-aways. Later, I didn't need to get on the air that
way, & still later I have undone conversions, too. Lots of learning &
on-the-air time was had along the way that wouldn't have occurred
otherwise. This has happened for probably thousands of amateurs. 

It's a silly thought, but I used to imagine it was a happier fate for a
radio to be in service than neglected on the shelf.

--Wayne
  WB4OGM