Building Old Kits??

[Malcolm Leonard]

I tend to automatically think in terms of test equipment;probably because I
am not a ham,but built and used most of the test gear Heath once offered.
I was trying to picture the pc board on the IM-11 VTVM crammed top and
bottom with parts and wondering how anyone could squeeze it into the cabinet
afterward.
I am not sure that all that extra weight,not to mention capacitance and
inductance is a good idea in any piece of gear,ham or not.Anyway,who the
heck is going to take the  cover off of your transmitter and
look inside to see if you used only parts that duplicate the original
appearance?
**Externally**,appearance matters beause that is where the *esthetic
cosmetics* are on any item whether it be a car a couch or a transceiver.
I don't encourage my house guests to rip the fabric off my living room sofa
to authenticate that it was rebuilt with NOS sofa stuffing,and I certainly
cannot see what lies under the fabric so...why worry about such an
impractical thing?
I restore old radios and test gear and appearnce *is* important to me
providing a human being not having Superman's x-ray vision can see it.I have
yet to encounter anybody who can see through the cabinet of a piece of
vintage electronic equipment.
Now,a piece of gear that is normally used **minus** its cabinet,is,of
course,a horse of an entirely different color and I have no quarrel with
such a piece being made to look as authentic. as possible.

Please note: Gluing extra parts to a board is **not** authentic.How could it
be when the **original** board had no such extra parts?
Malcol Leonard
----- Original Message -----
From: <e.j.forwood at juno.com>
To: <radiorepair at MINDSPRING.COM>
Cc: <HEATH at LISTSERV.TEMPE.GOV>
Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 9:23 AM
Subject: Re: Building Old Kits??


> Evidently you haven't really looked at many of the HeathKits.
> Look at the insides of the SB-303 receiver ot the SB-104A transceiver.
> 73 de Jerry, KØEJF
>
>
> On Thu, 29 May 2003 19:47:33 -0700 Malcolm Leonard
> <radiorepair at MINDSPRING.COM> writes:
> > Hi,
> > I am not the guy who posted the original question..I just answered
> > it...but what "board" do you mean?These probably don't have circuit
> > boards(although some kits from that era did have to a certain
> > extent)
> > But,most boards won't allow two sets of parts;one on top and one on
> > the bottom.Even if they did you would porobably play havoc with
> > circuit characteristics by installing extra inductances,etc,stray
> > capacity,etc.
> > How do you fasten the old caps to the top and how do you fit the
> > whole extra thick mess inside the cabinet afterward?
> > Malcolm
> >   ----- Original Message -----
> >   From: WCorliss at aol.com
> >   To: radiorepair at MINDSPRING.COM
> >   Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 9:10 AM
> >   Subject: Re: Building Old Kits??
> >
> >
> >   Just a small bit of info you my like to put all the caps on the
> > top of board and put the new caps under the board it will look like
> > it would have and be rebuilt at the same time? will n1yaq
> >
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> E. Jerold (Jerry) Forwood
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