[Boatanchors] [Glowbugs] ARRL level of construction articles

[K5MYJ]

I got a SDR to see how they worked. It does work but it's no like using a 
real radio!

Bob Macklin
K5MYJ
Seattle, Wa.
"Real Radios Glow In The Dark"
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rob Atkinson" <ranchorobbo at gmail.com>
To: "Howie WA3MCK" <wa3mck at gmail.com>
Cc: "Boatanchor group" <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>; "Hubert Miller" 
<Kargo_cult at msn.com>
Sent: Friday, January 05, 2018 5:21 PM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] [Glowbugs] ARRL level of construction articles


> It's become very apparent over the past several years that there are
> two ham radios:  the ham radio we all know and love which you could
> call flea market ham radio, and the plug and play, no code,
> entertainment center ham radio, which you could call the indoor
> commercial vendor ham radio.
>
> I don't think anyone homebrews to sell (okay I guess a few do), but
> rather for the satisfaction and also to get something that's just the
> way they like it.
>
> I guess the commercial rig level of sophistication with bells and
> whistles and the SDR stuff is making the distinction between my kind
> of ham radio and the indoor vendor ham radio more obvious.
>
> 73
>
> Rob
> K5UJ
>
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 5, 2018 at 16:07 Hubert Miller <Kargo_cult at msn.com> wrote:
>>
>>> The edition I have, 1967, says it is less expensive, in the longterm, to
>>> buy commercial manufactured equipment than to build HB - because, get
>>> this,  the trade-in value will be higher. Now who expects HB gear to 
>>> have
>>> any substantial trade-in value at all ?
>>> It also says that when you build the 2 tube regen receiver, "...most of
>>> the parts can be used later in other equipment."
>>> Like you are going to do all that metal work, assembling the coils and 
>>> so
>>> on, and in a year or so, take it apart. Hmmm, makes good sense to me.
>>> -Hue
>>
>>>
>>> My copy of that booklet contains the following regarding component 
>>> values
>>> for a regen receiver: "...There is no need to buy new parts either. A
>>> considerable saving might be made by using parts from a discarded TV 
>>> set,
>>> or from items picked up at a ham auction or swap-shop..."
>>>
>>> There are three major categories of hams: Appliance operators, kit
>>> builders*, and build-from-scratch folks (with overlap between these
>>> groups). The ARRL pubs had to contain articles that appealed to all 
>>> three
>>> -- quite a challenge.
>>>
>>> *Kit-builders can include those who build from schematics but want to 
>>> use
>>> factory-made components -- they won't wind an inductor.
>>
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