[Milsurplus] History of Ham Mods: Opinions?

[J Forster]

Destruction (modification) of pristine sets is to be very strongly
discouraged, IMO. OTOH, there are plenty of ham hacked sets around and I
see no real problem in using those as examples of what was done, or even
cleaning up the mods that were poorly done.

FWIW,
-John

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David Stinson wrote:

> Should a collector's guide to WWII radios,
> which emphasizes the history of the equipment,
> include a section citing examples of exceptional
> ham radio mods?  On one hand- it is a part of the history
> of these sets.  On the other; such a citation might encourage
> further destruction of what are now historic pieces.
> Your Opinion?