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

[Hue Miller]

Michael, the idea was more like a pseudo-catalog, close enuff to real that a non-oldtimer 
wouldn't immediately guess for sure that it was (partly) a joke. So instead of 200+ pages,
more like about 15. With photos the size of FAIR's ( hi hi ) that would cover a lot of 
equipment.  Mabye an ad or two for gear you never will encounter, too.  However, no ads 
like in the G&G catalog where the wrong equipment photo accompanied a listing.
Maybe the cover photo would be stolen from the Feb. 44 Radio News. I like my idea a lot.
I also really dig the old Columbia Electronics surplus catalog. What a classic. Maybe a 
combination of the best features of both.
 
BTW, i was looking at one of the surplus flyers from around 1947. Who would pay $49.95 for
an ARB back then???? On the other hand, $75 for a BC-474, altho big bucks for the time, 
did include legs, handcrank gen, antenna, whole kit. 
 
Here's something i could use a suggestion on: how best to grab photos from a large book?
I have a couple Japanese books with some terrific radio and aircraft shots. How to 
scan them in? Are there any viable hand-scanners (handheld scanners) still being sold?
-Hue
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