[Boatanchors] [BoatAnchors] Offended by "Ham-mered?"

[K5MYJ]

With a lot of these old radios many have ruined by younger (MOSTLY) people 
that have no knowledge of what they are working with.

Many try to FIX them without the proper test equipment, MANUAL, and tools.

Sometimes they do more damage to them and convert them from repairable units 
to PARTS UNITS!

Bob Macklin
K5MYJ
Seattle, Wa.
"Real Radios Glow In The Dark"

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ronnie Hull" <w5sum at comcast.net>
To: "David Stinson" <arc5 at ix.netcom.com>
Cc: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>; <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2016 2:23 PM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] [BoatAnchors] Offended by "Ham-mered?"


> Fear not Dave! Hammered is a great description! So is Kluged, boogered, 
> retro engineered, f$@k{d up and ______ rigged ( enter your own phrase)
> Those that are offended are probably the culprits
> Flame away!
>
> W5SUM
>
> Sent from Ronnie's IPhone
>
>> On Apr 14, 2016, at 15:14, David Stinson via BoatAnchors 
>> <boatanchors at theporch.com> wrote:
>>
>> I've been told a couple of people are "offended" by
>> my description of a piece of gear which has suffered
>> the usually pointless, needless application of "the golden screwdriver" 
>> as having been "Ham-mered."
>>
>> Well, when I remove the bottom cover of a 70-year-old
>> war veteran and expect to see the nicely-laced wiring harness and other 
>> details of craftsmanship,
>> like this:
>> https://goo.gl/photos/4uawNGBuwBjyRN7T8
>>
>> and instead, what I see is this:
>>
>> https://goo.gl/photos/xJmkVRd9kc2jTNqB8
>>
>> it's just a bit much.... a bit.
>> Why for Pity's sweet sake cut all the lacing out and
>> leave this spider web??
>>
>> Although most of us *including me* were guilty of this
>> sort of "sin" in our youths and would not do so now,
>> I think my use of the term "Ham-mered" entirely justified.That's the only 
>> word that  describes
>> what's happened to this poor modulator.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Dave AB5S
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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