[Boatanchors] Millen Tx

[brianpepperdine brianpepperdine]

         I second that sentiment.
A while back I was able to get a Viking II in the military Civilian 
Defence version. Got it early in Pandemic... you should have seen me 
haul it out of the guys basement with no help (he had bad 
knees)...wearing dual filter mask and everything I could throw at my 
face for protection. I chased this rig for
  a bit.. the guy had offered it to me, then someone else since I wanted 
to wait a bit for some Pandemic resolution (good luck on that), then the 
second guy did not show up for it,  so I grabbed it despite my Pandemic 
aversion.
This had an EXTENSIVE military manual with it (of course using military 
nomenclature with military parts naming schema...but one can reference 
domestic manual for translation..).
In any event it also included hugely big schematics... but of course 
over the years the time had taken its toll and the creases from the 
folds were almost threatening their condition.
I took them to Staples to be scanned and printed.. they did OK on it 
despite the creases/open folds and now have them in very large schematic 
pages I can read and easily notate on (voltages, references). In fact 
they goofed somehow and did 6 print-outs of the things.. so that is 
great for me and whomever uses this rig after me. This would be a good 
trick even for  normal schematic probably... blow it up a size or so as 
long as reasonable resolution is maintained.
I did not think about having them do it to a memory stick - maybe I will 
take them to get the new ones scanned and send onto BAMA manuals 
repository if that is an acceptable.
Manual itself would be a beast though........
Now I just have to get into the rig and suss it out.... delayed a bit 
due to medical stuff and needing to avoid hernia post surgery (got one 
anyway...).


Brian VE3HI

    ------ Original Message ------
    From: ranchorobbo at gmail.com
    To: boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
    Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2023 5:26 AM
    Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Millen Tx

          I think I've mentioned this before and it seems to go in one 
eye and
  out the other:  With these manuals, take them to FedEx Office, have
  them scanned onto a USB memory stick, take the stick and upload the
  file to a host like Google Documents and link to it from some webpage
  like your QRZ.com page.  Put the link out here and share it with
  everyone.  That's the way to handle a manual in the year 2023.  It
  takes a bit of time and a couple of bucks but it isn't like getting a
  tooth pulled.  This isn't 1975.

  73
  Rob
  K5UJ
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