[Milsurplus] Surplus Radios WAS Flag salute by veterans okayed!

[Frank]

David Stinson wrote:
> 
> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Rich MC Clung <wa6knw at sbcglobal.net>
> 
>> I haven't seen a military radio yet that I didn't want to modify, to make >it better,....
> 
> We really should do something about all that empty land
> at Gettysburg and Shiloh and such.
> It would be so much better to moderize those places
> and make them better;
> put in a few housing developments, a McDonalds or two.
> I can hear it now:
>   "Oh, thank you for your compliment!  My roses 
>    grow so well because of all the blood fertilizer
>    from Packet's Charge... or was it Plunkets?  
>    And my friend Lateasha says her gardenias grow
>    well because of all the old bone meal in the ground.
>    It's so much better than those
>     drab old wheat fields...."
> 
> And while we're at it, let's go over to the Normandy 
> beaches and fill in all those bothersome bomb craters
> and knock down those unsightly bunkers.  The beach is so much
> better without having to dodge all those holes.
> And we really should move all those white crosses that are
> taking up so much valuable beach-front property!
> Think how much better we could make this place.....
> 
> And have you seen all that dull, obsolete stuff
> at the Airborne museum?  We really need to get some 
> people to work on that old junk so we can make it better.
> Paint it pink, maybe, with "My Little Pony" stickers.
> That would increase interest for at least half the population.
> 
> After all- isn't "making things better"
> the only thing that matters??
> 


That certainly puts it into perspective for me.  I would not 
hesitate to add a diode noise limiter or audio filter but 
doing major mods on surplus really does not make sense.

Those who would object to using old obsolete, smelly, 
noisey, low performance gear should quit using such and go 
buy a new ricebox.

However, there is no mod or mods that are going to turn an 
obsolete radio into a new wonder toy.

Make things better by getting better things makes sense to me.

Regards,
Frank Kamp