[ARC5] Re: [Milsurplus] Another Ham-Hacked T-17/ARC-5

[David Stinson]

"Kenneth G. Gordon" wrote:

> > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3067123705
> 
> Someone here said this was "recoverable".  I can understand how one could
> plug all the holes with something like MetalMender or AluminumEpoxy,
> replace ID plates, repaint, etc., but what about the power/control connector
> on the rear panel? How does one restore that?

The original power hole is very close to the size needed 
for that tube socket.  It may not have been changed at all.
I'd need a closer look. 
The missing loading coil can be replaced authentically 
with one from a junked T-18.  

The front is actually very clean.  The "key jack" hole
is original, since a 3-pin connector was there, used
to run power to the external TN-6 antenna tuner.
The three-pin connector can be found; I think I have one here.
That hole is larger than a key jack hole already, 
and it's likely he used washers, as suggested by the photo.

The thing that actually scares me is that one orange-headed
screw on the back.  That may have come from the master oscillator
can.  If he was mucking about inside the MO can, no telling what
mayhem might have been done.  Nevertheless, if I didn't have
one in my collection, I'd be right in there bidding on this one.

73 DE Dave Stinson AB5S