[Milsurplus] Building and restoring stuff

[Sean Kelly]

I wish I could remember the name of the video where the Navy radioman writes a letter home saying they are learning to build whatever they would need from scratch.

The main point is learning and I do realize that it's easy to get lazy and just be an opeator, but the rest of us need to promote craftsmanship. We need to teach it, if possible. Funny, during this pandemic, all I hear on NPR is "victim accounts". They never ask them what it would be like to live where a calamity forces people from their homes, instead they encourage people to shun their own pluck and talk about how bad it is to be stuck at home. People should be lucky to have a home, and bored hams should buy a breadboard in an order from Mouser or Digikey.

These are great...

http://www.theclassicarchives.com/magazines-and-books/vintage-tube-radio/radioshack-engineers-mini-notebooks-forrest-mims-electronics-books-dvd

...but if you can't afford them, having an internet connection and the desire to learn is all you really need. Almost everything one might want to learn is free online, somewhere. Or if not, figure it out on your own and then put the answer on your own website. That's what I say.

Sean

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If you haven't read 200 Meters and Down, shame!  It's like being an American
citizen and not knowing the history of the Revolutionary War.  We all should
want to know whence we came.


73 de
Gene Smar  AD3F
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>From a previous comment:

"...there is no "break even point".  You build stuff because you like to
build stuff.  If you are only interested in operating, then buy an appliance
and operate it.  Don't waste you time and money on building..."

In the book '200 Meters and Down', is a wonderful observation about many of
us.  We are fascinated with radio.  I think all of the milsurp crowd, and
most who enjoy vintage gear still like the radio part.  It seems that radio
to many others is just a box, like a router, something you hook ancillary
devices too so you can type or talk.  The art and fascination of radio is no
more deep than the on/off switch.

Charlie, W4MEC in NC
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