[Milsurplus] WWII Warbird radio job

[Mike Hanz]

On 9/17/2013 6:39 PM, J. Forster wrote:

> I do nothing but applaud your setup, but the idea of an ASB antenna,
> virtually unobtainable at any price, pointing down below the wing of a
> plane, is utterly repugnant to me.
>
> As to 'people are entitled to do what they want with their stuff' is true,
> BUT would you stay quiet if someone wanted to put the Mona Lisa back in a
> bathroom?

While I am somewhat sympathetic to your point, I would have great 
difficulty equating the Mona Lisa to an ASB radar and its antennae, 
John.  I've seen both up close, and there is no comparison in my view.  
I understand that geeks like you and me can go all shivery at the sight 
of an unrestored APS-4 like the one they are currently cleaning for the 
Hurricane at the Udvar-Hazy museum, but the avionics of WWII, while 
sometimes startling examples of breakthroughs in technology, are just 
pieces of aluminum and other materials.  People don't seem to mourn the 
demise of  endangered species that are far more precious, so why should 
really we mourn the passing of the last ASB on earth, should the passing 
even be recognized?  To me, it's all about the greater "system", and 
that means it's all in your perspective.  I would mourn *your* passing, 
but not the loss of any of the parts of the "flight deck" I've been 
working on for lo these many years.   Remember that fire and landfills 
have destroyed far more unique WWII avionics than we have ever known to 
be damaged by flying warbirds.  That reminds me - I need to change the 
batteries in the smoke detectors...heh, heh...

> YMMV,

It does vary indeed!  But that is what I love about this country, and 
about this reflector.  Lots of different ideas to consider, some to 
savor, some to reject, some to put on the back burner for later 
reflection.  My opinion at any given point in time doesn't make me right 
about any single issue, and I try my best to remember that.

But YMMV...:-)

Very 73,
  - Mike