On Mon, 29 May 2006 14:03:12 -0700, Alexandra Carter wrote: >Since a lot of ham gear was actually ex-military gear following WWII,
Memories of my T-23/ARC-5 first Novice transmitter...... >and since the US's warlike nature has supplied hams >with a constant supply of military surplus stuff since, (this has >only recently dried up, due to the classified/controlled nature of >the modern mil gear) Not quite...how much post-Korean War (1950) "militaty surplus" have you seen around? The reason is not "classified/controlled nature of the modern mil gear" -- Rockwell or Zeta or any of the suppliers will be very happy to sell you the same stuff if you put their obscene price on the table - cash, check, or money order. Heck, Motorola has been selling the STU-3 secure phone to private businesses for almost 20 years!! The real reason is that the DoD has a side business of supplying out-of-service military hardware - including communications gear - to our less well endowed allies. Sometimes such gear is better than the hand-me-downs that our own National Guard gets from them! I for one am happy with the K2 and the small form-factor "rice boxes" and peripherals that make up my comm station. I gave away my last full-height relay rack 40+ years ago. -- 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
