[Boatanchors] Very Interesting BA Listing on EchhBay

[J. Forster]

You wrote:

'Other than simply "having it", what "real" use would it be put to?'

-which clearly implies the only use would be as a starting point for
ham-hacking as it has, according to you, no "real" use.

-John

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> John,
>
> While I am indeed a "ham", I have the ultimate respect for old military
> equipment!  I'm an old retired Sr. NCO.
>
> I'd rather see such equipment put to the "proper" use, as intended, or
> preserved for the history that it represents.
>
> My BC-610s are NOT modified in ANY way.  I simply use them on the ham
> bands WITHOUT hacking them up!
>
> Bob - N0DGN
>
> J. Forster wrote:
>> I am NOT a ham. I value and respect mil gear for what it is.
>>
>> I really DO NOT think that 'converting' mil radios for ham use does
>> anything but degrade and destroy them, and makes them almost completely
>> valueless.
>>
>> Most, if not all, of the conversions I've seen substitute hack
>> engineering
>> for good design.
>>
>> YMMV,
>> -John
>>
>> ==============
>>
>
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