[Milsurplus] Strong Stomach Needed.

jmfranke jmfranke at cox.net
Wed Jul 15 19:16:25 EDT 2009


He did have another video (part 1) wherein he discussed the initial state of 
the ARB, see: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ks3009Aq4pE .  The speaker was 
already installed as was the ac power supply.  Many of the front panel mods 
had been done and the volume control was just hanging on the front panel 
with loose wires.  The connectors were gone.  The wiring harness was 
unlaced.  The receiver was dead and he restored it to life again.

John

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From: "Michael Tauson" <wh7hg.hi at gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 5:25 PM
To: <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Strong Stomach Needed.

> Okay, I've watched the offending video and saw someone who doesn't
> have a collector's heart create something he could use.  Yes, we can
> hope he didn't start with an intact set but if not, it's not the end
> of the world.  The planet will not quit turning on its axis nor will
> it fall into the sun.  Or so the odds favor.
>
> I love the purists.  I really do.  Pretty much like I love a rabid pit
> bull.  If it isn't NOS, NIB or an exceptionally close approximation,
> it's just not worth having - or so they say.  But then, I had the same
> warm fuzzy feeling about prototypers in HO model railroading - the
> folks who would actually count rivets and complain if the count was
> off.  I was a freelancer and made it my duty to drive them up walls.
> In building steam engines (the kind that actually run from steam that
> required machining and all sorts of other really cool talents, a
> separate interest), I did the same thing which seems to establish a
> trend here.
>
> At the same time, I do what I can to preserve what I can but in fully
> functional form.  That sometimes means going in and *gasp* actually
> having to do soldering et al.  Real work kind of stuff.  Sometimes
> that means restoring sets that have been converted which means *double
> gasp* filling holes and replacing wires and finding pieces, oh my.
> But even the original condition equipment has headaches that have to
> be repaired, A.R.C.'s potted capacitors being an excellent example as
> are the infamous black beauties.
>
> There are several pieces here that are past restoration that I picked
> up for parts.  One BC-696 has a more or less complete VFO section
> which means the semiconductor conversion will be done on it with
> adequate isolation to drive a multiband low power tube CW rig - maybe
> a brace of 5763s in the PA.  On the other hand, there are a couple of
> converted units I plan not to unconvert so I can put together a
> typical 50s-60s conversion rig (he says as if any such thing existed -
> the "typical" part, that is) and I hope to find a few more to create
> other monsterpieces that came out of that era.  Will I lose any sleep
> over my failure to restore them?  Not in the slightest.
>
> So, purists, go be pure and enjoy it but leave those who aren't alone.
> It's a hobby and there are many aspects to it.  If you can't handle
> that then it's no longer a hobby but an obsession, and that's
> unhealthy.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Michael, WH7HG
> -- 
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> http://wh7hg.blogspot.com/
> http://kludges-other-blog.blogspot.com
> Hiki Nô!
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