[Milsurplus] Ham mods using the scientific method (longish)

[D C *Mac* Macdonald]

I don't know the ARB, but I found the S-38 to be quite poor.
My Walter Ashe 1-tube (6SN7GT) regen receiver worked
better than an S-38 I borrowed when the 6SN7GT died and
I didn't have the money to buy a replacement tube.

Mac, K2GKK/5
Oklahoma City

p.s.  The National SW-54 was even worse.  The first "real"
receiver I got was a National NC-33, SO much better than
the S-38, even though tube lineup was pretty much the same.



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From: kargo_cult at msn.com 
To: milsurplus at mailman.qth.net 
Subject: RE: [Milsurplus] Ham mods using the scientific method (longish) 
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 18:34:32 -0700 
 
Eric, what was the database going to be? 

If a general catalog of mil electronics, that would be the hard way to do it. 
( But, i'm not sure there is an easy way. Maybe to use some sophisticated OCR software 
device and (somehow) automatic databasing? But it seems F. Chesson and maybe others 
have pretty well sewn up the database already, although all that exist online seem to have 
omissions and errors. 
 
The 194? flyer with the ARB price at $49.95 - i wonder how they arrived at the price? For an 
SWL or even Novice ham, even a lowly S-38 would have been more usable - i think.  Every 
surplus catalog of course had its overpriced favorites of the store and then some fair deals 
which gave value for money. Even R.E. Goodheart.  This same catalog had ART-13 for $200 
even, which maybe means someone other than Joe Ham was in the market.  -Hue