[Milsurplus] How I Use an LM

[Francesco Ledda]

There are friendly people here. You own the equipment, and you can do whatever you want with it. This is America!

I know few here think that they know best, but they don't. They yell about their opinions, but no matter how loud they yell, they are just their opinions.

I don't like modifying surplus radios myself, but I understand that others may have a different approach.

FL



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On Oct 18, 2011, at 12:16 PM, "bcarling at cfl.rr.com" <bcarling at cfl.rr.com> wrote:

> Is there another military radio group that is more friendly toward those who enjoying modifying and using military radio equipment?
> 
> Bry Carling
> 
> Sent from myTouch 4G, please excuse my brevity.
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Reply message -----
> From: "J. Forster" <jfor at quikus.com>
> To: "Mike Morrow" <kk5f at arrl.net>
> Cc: <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: [Milsurplus] How I Use an LM
> Date: Tue, Oct 18, 2011 12:27 pm
> 
> 
> Well said.
> 
> -John
> 
> ============
> 
> 
>>> I want to talk about history. The history of any item is not just the
>>> history of what occurred at just one point of time in an items
>>> existence...
>> 
>> Very true.  One must differentiate between the historically significant
>> history
>> of an item, versus its subsequent insignificant history by the use of
>> hobbyists.
>> This applies not only to radios, but to weapons, vehicles, and other
>> military
>> items whose honorable halcyon days are behind them after the military
>> releases
>> surplus gear to civilian users, unless those later users preserve the item
>> for
>> use EXACTLY as the military used it.
>> 
>> Generally speaking, no one wants a sporterized M1903 Springfield rifle or
>> a GPW
>> jeep that someone has hot-rodded (even just adding modern running lights).
>> Works
>> addressing the history of such items will never waste words on what
>> civilian
>> hobbyists did to the gear.  Likewise, why should radio gear in civilian
>> hobbyist
>> use be accorded any reverence or relevance?  I would discard any work
>> about US
>> military gear that wasted space describing what hams did with it.  Total
>> nonsense.
>> 
>> Many hams accord their own selves some great achievement when they use
>> military
>> gear, and they seek acknowledgement of their personal technical
>> achievement and
>> importance.
>> 
>> This ex-military ham of 44 years sees nothing there.  For at least fifty
>> years
>> there's been no justification for actual use of this old military gear.
>> 
>> Do what you want with your property, but don't expect accords of glory
>> from it.
>> 
>> Mike / KK5F
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