[Milsurplus] Springfield '03 A3 (was: Ham mods)

[C Whitaker]

de WB2CPN
In my experience with USAF radio equipment
the operators and/or maintenance men who were
technically inclined did have a closer
relationship to the radio equipment.  To others
it was just a "Push-To-Talk" (tm) environment.
We always had some "Hams" around, and they often
made equipment do what it was never intended to
do.  Such as doubling in the final of the BC-610
to work 10 meters.  Or building a Tri-Tet type
oscillator inside a BC-610 tuning unit.  Or
putting fans on the outside of the BC-191.  Or
building AC supplies for BC-312 and BC-348.  All
this was in the 1947 time frame.
Fun Time back then.
73  Clete