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

[Michael Tauson]

On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 6:49 PM, Hue Miller <kargo_cult at msn.com> wrote:

> Of course your parents would have a fit when the REA man showed up and wanted
> $200 for shipping.

The local REA office was in Mars, PA, and they didn't have a truck.
You had to go pick things up there.  But Mars was an interesting town
so finding a big person to take me there was never all that difficult.

> Michael, that thing that would discourage me about a large book, not that i'm even
> thinking of doing it anyway, is that "new" finds are always appearing.

This would make the idea of irregularly released volumes even better.
16-20 pages (8-10 double-sized sheets stapled in the center and folded
... sound familiar?) of Really Cool Stuff maybe on an annual (more or
less) basis would be simple and could be a lot of fun.

> Altho even if you publish in paper someone is likely to scan it in for their shovelware disk.

Copyright status seems to have gone by the wayside.  I noticed John
Kraus's lovely book "Antennas" is on DVD now from Denmark.  I guess
their copyright laws are different from ours but, if I've read the law
right, a USian buying that disk is in deep doodoo.

> Louis Mulstee seems to have done a superlativework in the completeness regard,
> at least in the one book of his i bought, the Clandestine Radio book, which i consider
> worth more than the $100 i paid for it.  His  effort must have been superhuman.

Dedication, perseverence, and a total lack of concern for one's own
sanity.  Since I have papers to prove that last isn't an issue, my job
is easier.  :-D

BEst regards,

Michael, WH7HG