[Milsurplus] How I Use an LM

[Kludge]

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From: milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Ray Fantini
> Interpretation of what is historically significant and what is not is up
to the individual 
> studying it, no organization, governing body or individual can determine
what is and what is 
> not relevant.  

*sigh* ... a freakin' voice of reason at last!

> Every point you make I can counter, with regards to significant history of
military radios 
> and the civilian market the dumping of ARC-5 transmitters on the surplus
market directly 
> leads to the current agreed selection of USB and LSB on the ham bands
today. A fact that 
> has nothing to do with the military use of the ARC-5 and everything to do
with Ham radio 
> use of the ARC-5 components in developing many of the first generation SSB
transceivers 
> well  before the military.

One can expand that to just about everything that showed up on the postwar
surplus market, including spare parts.  A large number of hams were getting
back on the air and saw surplus as a path to do so using much better
equipment than they'd had prior to the war so snapped it up and made it do
what they needed it to as opposed to what the military needed.  While the
technology existed in the mid to late 30s to make crystal filter SSB rigs,
it wasn't until after the war when crystals were available for cheap that
filter type SSB became viable for amateur experimentation along with phasing
type.  These same crystals wound up in receivers to make them more amenable
to both SSB and CW which was a boon to me in the early 60s when I was
producing those filters for local sale.  

> People purchased surplus jeeps and modified them for use on and off road
not as museum 
> displays but as functional transportation. 

At least two were in use at farms where I grew up.  The tubs had been
stripped down so the only thing left was the pan and the front seats.  These
weren't the postwar Willis farm vehicles but war surplus Jeeps that had been
converted to their needs.  So let's shoot the farmers for destroying
perfectly good Jeeps in order to make them into something they needed.

> please understand that this is the "Milsurplus" reflector a site for the
use of people involved 
> in all aspects of military radio use and not a limited site like the
"ARC-5" reflector where I 
> would assume they only talk about the preservation and limited use of that
radio, 

Pretty much although, oddly enough, the subject of using FETs in place of
tubes was discussed without flames as well.  Isn't that ironic.

Best regards,
 
Michael, WH7HG ex-K3MXO, ex-KN3MXO, WPE3ARS, BL01xh ex-Mensa A&P PP BGI 
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