[Milsurplus] Repaneled Receivers

[Kargokult@aol.com]

In a message dated 2/4/02 8:37:29 AM Pacific Standard Time, k4kwm@hotmail.com 
writes:

<< >
 >I suspect these were efforts to gain a few more years of useful life out of
 >these old workhorses when equipment routinely moved to rack mounting.
 >Anyone else seen rigs like this?
 > >>

I suspect it was more like a diversion to keep  highly skilled workmen
who  were already on the  payroll, but hardly  overworked,
occupied and interested.  With the amount of better  gear surplussed 
from the late 40s thru the 60s, it's hard for me to imagine a reason to 
choose a  BC-348 or a really marginal receiver like the RBM-hf, unless
the mission really wasn't that important - in which case, why spend all
that money for  rebuilding? You have to admit, in terms of  time, if you
had to commission the job and pay for it, it would be very expensive.  
Why not use a Super Pro or some such? Already rack mountable and 
certainly vastly ahead of a BC-348 or RBM-hf.
Hue Miller