[Milsurplus] Mods and hacking of NOS gear

[Tom Norris]

I agree with Jim

That's the way it ought to be.  My noggin provides the extra  
selectivity that, for example, a TCS receiver lacks.
No need to chop it up.  I've even see folks mod R-390's!  They'll run  
rings around most modern receivers as-is.
There are so few bits of WWII gear out there compared to just ten  
years ago, lets keep it intact.
even R-390 and 390A's are becoming harder to find. Who'd thought that  
would have happened so soon?


Tom



On Jun 22, 2006, at 12:53 PM, Falls, Jim wrote:

> My $0.02 worth: If it's NOS, I leave it alone. I want to align it  
> and optimize it per spec. I like to work w/the gear as it was, even  
> if that means marginal performance. It makes me appreciate all the  
> more what the ops had to contend with back then. Not so sensitive  
> or selective? OK by me. Not everything was a "Ferrari".
>
> TO ME (emphasis added), modifying a NOS rig is like taking white- 
> out to a Picasso because you don't like both eyes on the same side  
> of the face.