Mike,
I too found your instructions to be adequate for me, an old retired school
administrator, to rebuild one AC4 very easily. I plan to incorporate the same
kit in all my AC4's as I can afford it. I found it to be a high quality board,
good components, and with adequate pre-planning (pictures, tracing wiring to be
sure it matched your colors and noting differences on the instructions) I had
NO glitches at all.
I do some blueprint checking and technical writing for a local oilfield
manufacturer and find that engineers (and designers) are sometimes too close to
the project to see all the ways that something can be communicated. That's why
they keep calling me back, to sort out what needs to be included (after
customer feedback) in future issuances of materials. I simply make
suggestions, as I am NOT the designer of the gear, but we find a middle ground
that the customer can understand (often in other parts of the world, not the
U.S.).
Guys, we have far too few vendors willing to supply us with our needs to keep
the old rigs running. Mike at the Heathkit Shop, Tom at Hayseed Hamfest, Jeff
at Harbach and many others have ALWAYS been courteous and helpful to me. I DO
try to warn new hams of the hazards that are faced in the old gear with higher
voltages to consider. I usually do it off list, as I have lost very good
friends to stupid accidents that could have been prevented. Many new hams have
NOT had our experiences since childhood with this stuff.
Thanks again Mike, Tom, Jeff and others for making quality upgrades available
for our old gear.
73,
Don, WB5HAK
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