{"id":6852,"date":"2020-01-28T10:11:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-27T23:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2020\/01\/28\/junk-box-ethics-i-plead-guilty-video\/"},"modified":"2025-07-21T21:50:44","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T11:50:44","slug":"junk-box-ethics-i-plead-guilty-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2020\/01\/28\/junk-box-ethics-i-plead-guilty-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Junk Box Ethics &#8212; I Plead Guilty!  (video)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"247\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CoyhSZyZQgw\" width=\"440\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p> <b>I cringed when, at about the 32 minute mark, during a discussion of the moral necessity of preserving old gear, Michael appeared on the screen with a Heathkit Q multiplier sitting right there next to him. It was as if he was talking about me. I felt as if I had been hauled into Ham Radio Court, Judge Michael Murphy presiding. <\/b><br \/> <b><br \/><\/b> <\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/WU2DQF-1.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"252\" data-original-width=\"456\" height=\"220\" src=\"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/WU2DQF-1.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p> <b>I have already REPEATEDLY admitted to sacrificing MULTIPLE Q MULTIPLIERS. But I did it for good reasons: <\/b><br \/> <b><br \/><\/b> <b>1) I have some objections to use of regeneration, especially in superhet receivers. After all, Armstrong created the superhet in part to free us from the tyranny of regeneration (that he had also invented). <\/b><br \/> <b><br \/><\/b> <b>2) This is a case where the parts ARE greater than the sum. Specifically that variable cap WITH reduction drive. And that perfectly sized metal box. Those capacitors are currently in service in at least two of my homebrew SSB transmitters. And as I look around the shack, I see one of those boxes housing an Si5351 VFO, and another holding the dual-digital frequency displays for my DX-100\/HQ-100 AM station. <\/b><br \/> <b><br \/><\/b> <b>3) Mike notes that these Q-multipliers are being sold for TWO DOLLARS at hamfests. At prices like this, temptation is just too strong. <\/b><br \/> <b><br \/><\/b> <b>So I plead guilty, your honor. But I ask the court to consider the circumstances under which I dismantled this obsolete gear, and the good uses that I made of the parts that I obtained. Also, I&#8217;d like to make note of the fact that I salvaged from a junk pile a Heath VF-1 (I completely rebuilt it) AND I restored to usefulness a Heath DX-40 &#8212; both these devices appeared in the WU2D video. Finally, if anyone really needs the remaining parts from the now deceased QF-1s, I&#8217;d be willing to donate them (in an effort to redeem myself). <\/b><br \/> <b><br \/><\/b> <b>Thanks Mike! <\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I cringed when, at about the 32 minute mark, during a discussion of the moral necessity of preserving old gear, Michael appeared on the screen with a Heathkit Q multiplier sitting right there next to him. It was as if he was talking about me. I felt as if I had been hauled into Ham &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2020\/01\/28\/junk-box-ethics-i-plead-guilty-video\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Junk Box Ethics &#8212; I Plead Guilty!  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