[TMC] TMC Manuals On-line. Finally!

[John Vendely]

John,

Many, many thanks for undertaking this mammoth job!  You've given all us 
TMC nuts a fabulous technical resource.  I've been going ape digging 
through the archive, and have found stuff I've wanted to see for many 
years that I would never have seen otherwise.  I feel like the 
proverbial "kid in a candy store"...

73,

John K9WT

p.s. perhaps it will also stimulate some interesting technical and 
historical discussions on this underutilized list...

On 11/22/2010 3:58 PM, John Poulton wrote:
> Folks,
>
> Some of you may recall that a huge stash of TMC manuals was "discovered"
> a couple of years ago, with the promise that they would all eventually
> be available on-line.
>
> I'm happy to announce: that day has arrived!  It took nearly 2 years
> to get to this point.  I've scanned some 700 documents, which took
> most of that time (even with a blitzing fast automated scanner!), but
> it's taken months more just to get this pile organized, though crudely
> so far.
>
> Please point your browser to
>
> http://www.jptronics.org/radios/TMC/
>
> and proceed to "Link to TMC Manual Page".  Please also read the caveats
> on that page.  This is still a bit of a work in progress.
>
> You'll find some really interesting reading material on these pages.
> There are manuals there that I believe are not held in any private
> collections.
>
> I've attempted to make these "archival" scans.  They were performed at
> 400 dpi for this reason, and the print and drawings should produce very
> fine printed copy from the downloads.  The pictures are not all that great,
> however.  As time permits, I'll improve them.
>
> Most of the manuals are in huge, flat files.  Figured internet speeds
> are getting faster, and discs are cheap, so.. why not?  By big, I mean
> BIG:  the GPT-200K TM's total over 1.3GB, for example.  All are multi-
> page PDF's containing JPG's.
>
> As usual, if you find broken links, missing pages, or any other problems,
> please let me know.
>
> While this stash is huge, it is still not complete.  If you have manuals
> in your collection that are not represented on my list, please consider
> loaning me the manual for scanning--I'll treat it carefully, return it
> promptly, and pay for shipping both ways!
>
> Coming soon:  mechanical drawings, and lots more.. :)
>
> Enjoy!!
>
> 73, John K4OZY
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