[ARC5] Recent acquisition...

[Mike Morrow]

Ken,

It's a BC-696.  It sounds to me that it is NOT worth restoring, for it is
just a grossly ham-hacked hulk.  Anything that's not orignal completely
destroys the value of the rig as a historical unit, including simple re-cap
jobs that don't use exactly original replacements, IMHO.  Your item is far
far far beyond that stage, and would even appear to have minimal parts
value.

There's a bunch of BC-696 units out there that regularly show up at hamfests
and auction web sites in tremendously better states of originality.

73,
Mike / KK5F

-----Original Message-----
From: Kenneth G. Gordon


I recently acquired what was left of a BC-969(?) 3 - 4 Mhz
transmitter. It was modified sometime in its life and now is
pretty much of a hulk.

However, the chassis is in reasonable shape, except for a couple
of added holes.

The following was added:

Key jack
Hole in the right rear side for a wire carrying HV into it
A 5 pin socket in place of the rear ARC specific power connector

The following was removed:

The power connector on the rear panel
The variable inductor on the front panel
The relay behind the front panel
The antenna connector
The relay from inside near the final sockets
The relay down further on the side
The big black resistor
All the tubes.
One of the connectors to the 1625 plates from the final tank
coil.
The entire louvred top cover
The final amp tube compartment cover.
The clear plastic from the variable inductor's window.

What was left:

All the tube sockets
The final tank coil
All the tuning capacitors and tuning mechanism.
The VFO can and its innards
The dial and knob
The bottom plate with added feet.

Is this thing worth trying to restore?

Ken Gordon W7EKB