[Milsurplus] Hamfest and other thoughts

[W7QHO at aol.com]

In a message dated 5/30/2004 9:48:58 PM Eastern Daylight Time, rafantini at salisbury.edu writes:

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> Let me pose a question for discussion * What is the most "Ham" modified a.k.a. butchered radio out their? Is it the ARC-5 series receivers, myself had killed many back in the seventies, The ARC-5 series transmitters, or the BC-348 receiver? It's hard to imagine how any of these radios got here today 
> without at least one hole or mod.

My vote for the "most modified" would have to go th the command sets, ARC-5, SCR-274N, xmtrs and receivers. Toss-up as to which particular component was the most butchered (or improved as the case may be).  The "most dismantled for parts" category would probably be the BC-375/191 transmitters and their TUs.  These were widely considered to be unsuitable for use on the ham bands but contained a lot of nice variable caps, coils, dials and other parts.

Dennis D.  W7QHO
Glendale, CA