[ARC5] Odd ARC 5.

[David Stinson]

You friend is blessed by the Gods.
This a Lorenz blind-landing receiver, one of the
"Holy Grails" of Command Set collecting.
The Eight Air Force in England during WWII converted a few hundred
BC-455 receivers to 28-41 MC to be used as receivers for the 
British Lorenz glide-slope system.  It was only in use
for a short time.  It should have a four-pin connector
in the place where the front drawer goes and a
British coax connector coming out the side.

Tell your friend if he's interested in any trades 
or a sale, this long-time Command Set collector
would be grateful.

73 DE Dave Stinson AB5S




> [Original Message]
> From: Chris Gill <micro@iig.com.au>
> To: <ARC5@mailman.qth.net>
> Date: 3/26/04 4:02:39 AM
> Subject: [ARC5] Odd ARC 5.
>
> G'Day All,
> A friend of mine has been given an odd Rx and is looking to identify it as
> either a factory mod or a ham mod unit, his description is as follow's,
>
> <I have been given an ARC5/Command set Rx that claims to cover 28 - 41MHz.
> The
> dial looks original and the tuning gang has had the moving portion reduced
> in
> diameter by about 2 thirds. My info from the net makes no mention of this
> frequency range. I always thought they stopped at 9MHz and then there was
a
> 118 - 136 model. [or something like that] It has a normal tube line up and
> the
> IF is 2830 KHz.
>
> Anyone seen one of these or have I been conned!.>
> In answer to my questions, he sent the following,
>
> <Hi Chris.
> It does not have a name plate but a serial number has been inked on the
> place
> where the serial label should be . It says "AW1174"
>
> The entire case including front panel is unpainted aluminium that has been
> coated with some slightly yellow varnish, (MPF?). The dial is black with
> engraved marks
> and numbers with white infill.>
>
> I seem to remember some discussion quite a while back about some units
> modified for the European theatre,
> Any thoughts?
>
> Cheers all,
> Chris.
> VK4YCG
>
>
>
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