This is a big enough tent for all views on Drake Radios. The expertise of this group is amazing. Let’s not dilute a really good resource.
73, Ron K3RON From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ron Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 6:15 AM To: [email protected]; lee Subject: Re: [Drakelist] Sherwood Mods I would prefer that everyone stay here with this list, and just delete things you're not interested in or offended by. Multiple groups would mean a loss of information from folks who know about the rigs in various configurations. Fragmenting the group into separatist groups will just dilute the overall Drake community. TNX es 73, Ron WD8SBB --- On Tue, 1/3/12, lee <[email protected]> wrote: From: lee <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Drakelist] Sherwood Mods To: [email protected] Date: Tuesday, January 3, 2012, 12:13 AM If anyone wants to discuss this off this reflector, you can reach me at: [email protected] It would probably be best to do it this way and not tie up this reflector for those having no interest in my idea. Thanks, Lee, w0vt From: lee Sent: Monday, January 02, 2012 10:21 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Drakelist] Sherwood Mods This may be true but I can tell you I purchased a lot of new Drake gear from Drake dealers and when I ever talked to the factory regarding them, without naming names, it was expressed very clearly each and every time their/his disfavor of those mods. I happen to agree with those remarks. I would never consider them. In fact, I am thinking of starting a new Drake reflector or wish someone else would open one where it would be forbidden to discuss foreign mods except for those really needed because of lack of old parts. I personally consider the mods offensive and consider a radio with these mods no longer a Drake product. I know not everyone agrees with me, but I know some may agree with me. Don’t get me wrong. If you own a radio, I believe you can do anything you want with it and you can believe anything you want about your mods. I just don’t agree with this philosophy at all. I am not trying to start a war here or call someone stupid for altering his Drake gear. I am not telling you you are nuts for doing this but I would consider myself foolish for installing them in my Drake radios. Those are my thoughts. If I was going to buy a radio with them, I would discount the value before making an offer. If my offer would be accepted, I would remove the mods and if they were too extensive, I’d refuse to buy the radio in the first place. Again, these are my feelings and I don’t expect someone else with other ideas to have to conform to my standards. Just do what you want to do. I also enjoy using my unmodified C lines more then my B line. Again, I know some don’t agree with this. Thaty’s OK with me. I just know my thoughts do not agree with a lot of things I read on here. There is a British Paraset Group which is really radical, even for me. You are not expected to join unless you agree to only use the built in hand key rather then using an external hand key, bug, or paddle with memory. You also are expected to only use a long wire as operatives used with this transceiver during WW2. Now these are really extreme rules! I could not live up to them so declined membership. But getting back to a real Drake reflector for unmodified Drakes for guys wanting the experience of using a Drake rig as it was offered by Drake without discussion of major mods, is there any interest in a group for guys wanting to discuss their unmodified radios and want to keep them that way? Or am I just a peculiarity among Drake owners? (Easy to set up on Yahoo. I’m really interested in hearing from guys thinking as I do rather then from those saying they would not join a group as I described. Anyone not liking the idea needs not join the new group. Simple enough). I have a lot on my plate and would prefer someone else open such a group, but I’d be willing to do it if nobody else would step up to the plate. If I’m the only guy feeling this way, the idea can just then die and I’ll just keep using my delete key . Again, this is not intended to flame anyone. Lee, w0vt -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ Drakelist mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.zerobeat.net/mailman/listinfo/drakelist
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