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[Larry Tighe]

Bob,

Just a thought on "hamming" equipment, especially military.......

Whenever I buy a new car, I drill a hole in the roof for the antenna.  Folks 
used to be horrified and tell me how the resale of the vehicle is damaged by 
the hole.  I reminded them I bought the car for me, not the next buyer.....I 
don't care about the next buyer :>)

The ST-8000A's; et. al., that are flooding the market are great 
machines...however, the connectors are not as copious and a pain to use.  I 
did (if I say so myself) a beautiful job of retrofitting my 8000's (I got 
two) to RCA conectors and they're infinitley more interchangeable now with 
other gear.  I'm even planning on adding a loop 60 ma. supply inside the 
8000! ! !

The next user has to be satisfied with what he gets...if there's any next 
user.  BTW, I didn't touch the original chassis, just fitted an aluminum 
plate to the rear of the original holes so as not to cut into the 
unit....saved the original, very removeable connector/chassis plugs, for no 
good reason.  That could be the "purist" hiding deep within me...LOL

For most of us, I don't really think there's another generation waiting to 
grab these treasures and thus the utility of them is more important than the 
purity anymore.

Maybe if we weren't of a dying breed, reliving our history with equipment we 
so desired, lusted for, and now have...after many years of waiting, there'd 
be merit in purity.  Nowadays, I don't think there is.

lar