[Milsurplus] [Boatanchors] Very Interesting BA Listing on EchhBay

[Tom Norris]

Amen to that!  I've *never* converted a piece of surplus gear.  I have  
converted an barely intact hacked piece of gear into parts, but I  
don't think that counts. haha


On 7/21/09, at 3:24 PM, J. Forster wrote:

> I am NOT a ham. I value and respect mil gear for what it is.
>
> I really DO NOT think that 'converting' mil radios for ham use does
> anything but degrade and destroy them, and makes them almost  
> completely
> valueless.
>
> Most, if not all, of the conversions I've seen substitute hack  
> engineering
> for good design.
>
> YMMV,
> -John
>
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