[Milsurplus] (Mil mods, pro and con: Not much for strip-down mods.

[Henry Mei'l's]

To John F.

I do TOTALLY agree with you on that. In fact there's a TCS mod
where the writer more or less strips the chassis and even as a
teenager, I refused to follow along with that.

Henry

PS
I still can't email you off list using this email address,
otherwise I'd send some of this to you off list.
So I guess you'll have to read this on list too.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "J. Forster" <jfor at quik.com>
To: "Henry Mei'l's" <meils at get2net.dk>
Cc: <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2011 3:21 AM
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] (Mil mods, pro and con


>>  A reaction to John F's comment:
>>
>>    Do tell.
>>    But aren't you already a charter member ?
>
> I hope so.
>
>>    Many of the members of our present day internet radio
>>    reflectors got their start in radio by hamifying these míl rigs
>>    and otherwise would not even be here, reading this.
>>    I assume that you and your co-champions of pristine purity
>>    would also insist that military field changes to modify in order
>>    to improve, customize for new applications and to
>>    remedy gear deficiency are exempt and not to be
>>    considered mods.  So if you change a rig while you're in
>>    uniform it's sanctioned -- but do it when you're
>>    back in your civvies is a no-no .
>>    But then again, the world would a dreary place indeed,
>>    if we all had the same point of view.
>>
>>> HM
>
> In the documentation for some radios, there are authorized mod
> instructions. If those are/were done, using the specified parts, I've no
> gripes.
>
> BUT, I do not like "mods" that say...  "strip everything from the chassis
> but the tube sockets....."
>
> Most all mods I've seen reduce the performance of the sets.
>
> YMMV,
>
> -John
>
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