[Milsurplus] [ARC5] Article in Nov. QST

[Bill Cromwell]

Hey!

I have a BC-221 and an LM. I regard them as being the same thing. I also
use them. Sometimes both of them at the same time as Ken does. I know
one guy who keyed the output into an antenna and logged into the traffic
nets when his pretty radio broke. They are pretty useful tools.

I have heard how wonderful the tuning mechanisms are and good golly miss
Molly that's right. I keep looking for one or two that are "beyond
repair" so I can use some of those fine parts for one of my projects. I
haven't found any that can't be made to work! I'm sure there must be one
or two somewhere.

I am much less about preserving museum pieces than I am about keeping
gear in service. LMs want to be heterodyne frequency meters and they
want to help us net and align our radios. I appreciate that so I help
them keep on doing it. The same for other gear. The SW-3 (1930s regen)
can get me wall to wall signals on 160 meters with a five foot piece of
wire for an antenna!! Why would I want to change THAT? My pretty radios
can't do it. My digital frequency counter cannot do the LM tricks
either.

Climbing in behind that asbestos shield with Meir...

73,

Bill  KU8H