Hi Don, How about those vintage Johnson Ranger & Viking transmitters with all of the "classic" hi-fi audio mods done on them by the latest & greatest AM ghuru(s)...?
...And I do NOT mean mods that might entail a simple increase in capacitor value here, the removal of a bypass capacitor there, etc. etc.---I mean the whole enchelada, where some current "expert" corrected the "faults" of the original Johnson engineer by (literally) completely gutting & re-building the entire audio section, from beginning to end...! ...And then they peddle these abominations as "classic" rigs... It's like dropping a Chevy V-8 into a '32 Ford, & selling it as a "vintage / classic" car---hardly! And you are right-on: such butchery DOES (IMHO, anyway) detract from any possible re-sale value of something that has morphed into someone else's "ideal" personal creation... ~73~ Eddy VE3CUI - VE3xZ ************************************** You know the mods I meanAU ----- Original Message ----- From: "D. Chester" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 14, 2009 10:16 AM Subject: Re: [AMRadio] SP600 Question > > I have started replacing caps in an SP-600 JX-17. I removed the crystal > > unit and was wondering if there is a need for it other than using > > crystals. In other words can I leave it out and if so what connections > > need to be made to bypass it. > > > > Thanks all, Paul WA3GFZ > > > If you are not using the crystal unit, but it is not impairing the function > of the receiver, what is the point of removing it? You might find it useful > sometime in the future, or if you eventually sell or swap the receiver, a > subsequent owner might want it in original condition. Besides, you will > either have a useless function control on the front panel or some empty > holes. > > IMO it decreases the value of a piece of equipment to butcher it with a > "modification" that serves no useful purpose. > > That reminds me of AM transmitters that sometimes appear at hamfests that > have had all the components in the speech amp and modulator removed to make > "CW transmitters" out of them after SSB came along. Or a Hallicrafters > receiver I saw once in which a CB'er had removed all the coils except for > the band that had 11m. > > Don k4kyv > _______________________________________________________________ > > This message was typed using the DVORAK keyboard layout. > > http://www.mwbrooks.com/dvorak/ > http://gigliwood.com/abcd/ > > ______________________________________________________________ > Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net > AMRadio mailing list > Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html > List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > Post: [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] with > the word unsubscribe in the message body. > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Post: [email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] with the word unsubscribe in the message body. This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
