[Hallicrafters] Fw: BAMA mirror site

[Richard Knoppow]

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From: "Richard Knoppow" <1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com>
To: <n4xy at comcast.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2012 11:11 AM
Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] Fw: BAMA mirror site


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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ed Tanton" <n4xy at comcast.net>
> To: "'TC Dailey'" <daileyservices at qwest.net>; 
> <hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2012 8:53 AM
> Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] Fw: BAMA mirror site
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> Interesting. I've had a similar thing happen to me for 
> unknown reasons when
> working with the Image-Viewing program I use for quick 
> glances. I learned
> better than to modify (not even a rotate) an image with it 
> in the same 'hard
> way' manner. Now I stick to my 'real' imaging program when 
> working over raw
> images. Lost some resolution on several images however. 
> Live and Learn.
>
> Ed Tanton
>
> website: http://www.n4xy.com

    Unfortunately the Dejavu compression system used at BAMA
for many files results in pretty awful looking stuff. This
was done originally to save space but the site owner decided
it was a mistake and switched to PDF. PDF can be
over-compressed too but that is not encountered so often.
    I've posted one manual to BAMA (Hallicrafters S-20R) but
my file is many times larger than others there and, I think,
larger than it needs to be for good resolution. At the time
I did not have enough experience with scanning and
converting to know how to adjust the size better than I did.

    I will also say that the BAMA site is extremely 
valuable. While there are other archive sites BAMA seems to 
have more stuff than the others. With a few exceptions most 
is useable. Those interested in supporting the site and 
having original material and the means and time to scan it 
can fix the problem of low res stuff by providing better 
replacements for it.

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Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles
WB6KBL
dickburk at ix.netcom.com