[Boatanchors] Surplus Conversion Manual" Volume II

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Well, I don't totally disagree.  Getting up on 10 meters was the PC 
buzzword in the late 40's and 50's. Closely followed by getting on 2-Meters.  But 
the components that would have made most of the radios simply plug-n-play, 
except for 10-Meters, (and with generally better performance than after most 
of the mods) were available for next to nothing because they were plentiful 
and no one was buying them.  There were rectifier power supplies and a 
plug-on local control available for the BC-624 & 625 (erroneously called the 
SCR-522 in all of the conversion books) that would get you on 2-Meters as soon as 
you could put up an antenna.  But none of the conversion books ever show or 
even mention them.  Probably because they would have eliminated the need 
for the conversion books.  :-)

In a message dated 11/27/2009 2:45:41 PM Central Standard Time, 
w7qho at aol.com writes: 
> I'll second that.
> 
> Dennis D. W7QHO
> Glendale, CA
> 
> 
> 
> On Nov 27, 2009, at 11:53 AM, JAMES BRANNIGAN wrote:
> 
> >Give the original authors a little slack.
> >In the 50's and 60's surplus meant radios and cheap parts not
> >collectibles.
> >The availability of ARC-5's and SCR-522's put lots of fellows on the
> >air, and trying to figure how to do it was a good lesson in  
> >electronics.
> >
> >Jim
> >
> >
> >On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 12:50 PM, J. Forster wrote:
> >
> >>Absolutely right on.
> >>
> >>-John
> >>
> >>==================
> >>
> >>Meir wrote:
> >>
> >>>IMHO the Surplus Manuals are completely useless, as there is no
> >>>information in them as to the operation and  maintenance of the
> >>>equipment and accessories for it. I also hate the stupid remarks in
> >>>it
> >>>about the suitability of the equipment for ham operation. Of course,
> >>>without operating it properly, according to the original military
> >>>manual, it may be a nuisance on the air. Also, the authors never
> >>>attampted to gather all the components of the system (power  
> >>>supplies,
> >>>connectors,etc) and went slam bang to hack the equipment into junk.
> >>>I refer to the aforesaid manual in case I need to restore a piece of
> >>>equipment which was rendered mainly useless by a previous owner who
> >>>took the advice of the manual, to see what modifications were made,
> >>>so
> >>>I can undo them.[snip]
> 

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