[Milsurplus] [Boatanchors] [BoatAnchors] Offended by "Ham-mered?"

[Michael Bittner]

And we've all seen radios with misaligned IFs because the "fixer" thought he 
had to tighten all the screws.  Mike, W6MAB
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "K5MYJ" <macklinbob at gmail.com>
To: "Ronnie Hull" <w5sum at comcast.net>; "David Stinson" <arc5 at ix.netcom.com>
Cc: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>; <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2016 2:33 PM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] [BoatAnchors] Offended by "Ham-mered?"


> With a lot of these old radios many have ruined by younger (MOSTLY) people 
> that have no knowledge of what they are working with.
>
> Many try to FIX them without the proper test equipment, MANUAL, and tools.
>
> Sometimes they do more damage to them and convert them from repairable 
> units to PARTS UNITS!
>
> Bob Macklin
> K5MYJ
> Seattle, Wa.
> "Real Radios Glow In The Dark"
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ronnie Hull" <w5sum at comcast.net>
> To: "David Stinson" <arc5 at ix.netcom.com>
> Cc: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>; <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2016 2:23 PM
> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] [BoatAnchors] Offended by "Ham-mered?"
>
>
>> Fear not Dave! Hammered is a great description! So is Kluged, boogered, 
>> retro engineered, f$@k{d up and ______ rigged ( enter your own phrase)
>> Those that are offended are probably the culprits
>> Flame away!
>>
>> W5SUM
>>
>> Sent from Ronnie's IPhone
>>
>>> On Apr 14, 2016, at 15:14, David Stinson via BoatAnchors 
>>> <boatanchors at theporch.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I've been told a couple of people are "offended" by
>>> my description of a piece of gear which has suffered
>>> the usually pointless, needless application of "the golden screwdriver" 
>>> as having been "Ham-mered."
>>>
>>> Well, when I remove the bottom cover of a 70-year-old
>>> war veteran and expect to see the nicely-laced wiring harness and other 
>>> details of craftsmanship,
>>> like this:
>>> https://goo.gl/photos/4uawNGBuwBjyRN7T8
>>>
>>> and instead, what I see is this:
>>>
>>> https://goo.gl/photos/xJmkVRd9kc2jTNqB8
>>>
>>> it's just a bit much.... a bit.
>>> Why for Pity's sweet sake cut all the lacing out and
>>> leave this spider web??
>>>
>>> Although most of us *including me* were guilty of this
>>> sort of "sin" in our youths and would not do so now,
>>> I think my use of the term "Ham-mered" entirely justified.That's the 
>>> only word that  describes
>>> what's happened to this poor modulator.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Dave AB5S
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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