[Milsurplus] Re: : History of ham mods; opinions?

[Michael Tauson]

On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 9:26 PM, Hue Miller <kargo_cult at msn.com> wrote:

> I have been thinking a long time of a "guide" or introduction but at my usual progress,
> which will include another job change or two and a major move also, i'm sure, Michael
> will be into his 3rd edition before i even get down to it.

Mine's pretty specialized and focused.  The field of surplus -
electronics and otherwise - is so broad that there's room for everyone
to play.

> I was thinking more of something the size of an old FAIR RADIO catalog; photos
> black&white and larger but not more than 1/5 page size; an odd color photo; ...

I like it!  Unless you've already got a goodly collection of their
catalogs, you might want to talk to Phil about getting some copies
made of pertinent pages.  Adding in the post-war ads for aircraft,
boats et al would be even better.  One thing you might consider would
be to include a note about how much the pieces would cost now and how
likely it would be to find them in the same condition today.

With the amount of material available, you could easily end up with
something with the same 8-1/2x11 sheet size as Fair's catalogs but
significantly thicker - 200-300 pages thicker.

Go for it, brah!

BEst regards,

Michael, WH7HG