[Milsurplus] How I Use an LM

[J. Forster]

There are people out there that hunt Bald Eagals, Tigers, and White Rhinos
too.

That does not mean that they should be encouraged or theit activites lauded.

-John

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> 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
>
>
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> 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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