Well I think most of us here know what’s “correct” and what’s not when it comes to radio mods and tuning. And I’ve heard some clipped and “super mod” radios that sounded super crappy but I’ve also heard some that sounded pretty dog-on good too. That goes for box car looking waveform radios too, terrible looking on a scope but it still sounded good on the air. No point arguing about distance and on frequency power.
I know it’s wrong. You know it’s wrong but do we have to jump on somebody and start preaching from the holy book of radio every time somebody shows up and asks a question or something? No, of course not. We know there are hack shops out there and I won’t sit here and lie, I have done some less than appropriate things inside a radio before, I’m not SuperTech. I’m not a tech at all, don’t claim to be one either. I tell the guy what his options are, what they’ll do and it’s up to him. If he wants it clipped and hacked, that’s what I do, against my better judgement.
If he was gonna use it for sideband, I’d most definitely try to talk him out of it and talk him into a textbook factory service manual alignment. I use to try to talk people into fixing their radios back unmolested but I found a lot of people started disliking me so I stopped.
It’s a hobby and if you can’t enjoy it, you won’t stay in it long. Like the guy here (name slips me) that went to the hamfest or something about getting a license and the guys were so rude and buttholes, there’s an example. And there’s your experience and example. And mine, one of many.
I know it’s wrong. You know it’s wrong but do we have to jump on somebody and start preaching from the holy book of radio every time somebody shows up and asks a question or something? No, of course not. We know there are hack shops out there and I won’t sit here and lie, I have done some less than appropriate things inside a radio before, I’m not SuperTech. I’m not a tech at all, don’t claim to be one either. I tell the guy what his options are, what they’ll do and it’s up to him. If he wants it clipped and hacked, that’s what I do, against my better judgement.
If he was gonna use it for sideband, I’d most definitely try to talk him out of it and talk him into a textbook factory service manual alignment. I use to try to talk people into fixing their radios back unmolested but I found a lot of people started disliking me so I stopped.
It’s a hobby and if you can’t enjoy it, you won’t stay in it long. Like the guy here (name slips me) that went to the hamfest or something about getting a license and the guys were so rude and buttholes, there’s an example. And there’s your experience and example. And mine, one of many.
