[Milsurplus] Let stir up the hornets nest!

Tue Jul 13 21:02:06 EDT 2010

 If your going to go that route,do a bang up job! 
 I'll bet the guy that built it had a lot of fun and learned a few things doing it.Who knows,maybe it was a "hot" receiver and he got his WAS with it.Remember ,the past is past.
 I did that "ARC-5" conversion where you hack sawed off a receiver rack section and bolted it to a dual transmitter rack to make that Rx-Tx set in the Command Set Handbook. I also rewired an Arc-5 Tx and bent the pins on the Tx connector slightly so that an BC-* and an ARC-5 Tx could both be plugged in and use a stripped down SCR-274N Modulator.
 I was 16 then.But I learned alot about circuits,schematics,soldering (and hack sawing).It was acceptable "ham" practice to hack up old worthless surplus back then.I had a good time doing it too.Those halcion days are worth remembering.
 My collecting interests are far different from those young formative  years, so I do very much respect the need to preserve that which is worth preserving. My collection proves that out. At some point, when I retire,(soon I hope) I will create a web site, build the shop and have a small personal museum which will then be left to a worthy cause when it comes time to visit that Eternal Surplus Store.(I hope it's like G&G Radio Supply in N.Y.C. Floor to ceiling (think warehouse) NOS T-20 and -21 AN/ARC-5 Tx's.Nobody wanted them,they were cheap, and ready to hack.Surplus Conversion Manuals were like bibles back then).
 Hornets? Ha. It's those little RF burns I remember.Bore a hole in your finger and it didn't bleed! Amazing!
 Jay KE6PPF

-----Original Message-----
From: John Hutchins <olegerityincj at austin.rr.com>
To: Milsurplus <Milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tue, Jul 13, 2010 4:32 pm
Subject: [Milsurplus] Let stir up the hornets nest!

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http://kansascity.craigslist.org/ele/1839821535.html
hat a modification!
Hutch
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