[Boatanchors] TCS tx Output

[Greg Mijal]

Hopefully this rant with self extinguish soon then we can all get back to 
what we do best: enjoying the gear as we personally see fit.
End of transmission.  No reply necessary.
73's all
Greg
WA7LYO
Kinston NC
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Stinson" <arc5 at ix.netcom.com>
To: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, May 06, 2011 10:22 PM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] TCS tx Output


>
>> Its a radio, not a Rembrandt.
>
> I have never understood this attitude.
> If one does not respect the radio and the people
> who designed and used it, why are they in this hobby?
> And if one wants this artifact to perform like a plastic radio
> (which it never can), why not just buy a plastic radio?
>
> Why destroy that which can never be replaced
> to provide some temporary entertainment?
> Every mod I've ever seen on a TCS -
> those that worked at all- could have been done
> just as well or better external to the radio.
> About 95% of those mods were ignorant butchery
> by people who didn't know which end of
> a soldering iron gets hot.  They turned a great
> and historic radio into a pile of hacked-up junk
> that can't even get $20 on a hamfest table.
>
> The Arizona is a ship. Not a Rembrandt.
> Over the top?  I deny it.
> A historic relic is a historic relic.
> It's only a matter of degree.
> The moral imperative is exactly the same.
>
> And what makes a Rembrandt so special?
> It's just canvas and paint.   Let's say I buy them all.
> They're mine.  I can do what I want, right?
> So I'll blow my nose and wipe my boots on them.
> Why not?  Sure; I'd be guilty of a moral crime against
> every future human being, but what of that?
> Isn't *ME* doing what *I* want
> with what's *MINE* more important?
>
> Maybe I'll go buy the Grand Canyon
> and use it for my own, private toilet.
> Why not?  It's *MINE!*
>
> D.S.
>
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