[ARC5] An Update

[Dean Billing]

Michael-


Michael Tauson wrote:

>Hi, folks,
>
>Okay, an update on the book.
>
>...
>Somewhere along the line, I discovered that a good
>part of the population who would be interested in this
>sort of material has no clue as to the history et al
>of the Command rigs which wasn’t as true in the 70s. 
>
My web site http://www.scr274n.info has a history page about Aircraft 
Radio Corp. development. Hope it is fairly accurate. If you find any 
errors, hope you will pass them along.

>I would like to include some conversion material – at
>least of the order of “This is what was done with
>them” – as one (or more) of the late chapters.
>
I am aware of a very interesting conversion of the BC-453 or R-23 
navigation receiver into an 80 or 40 meter SSB transceiver designed by 
Ernie Mason, W6IQY, (SK) of San Diego during the late 1950s. I still 
have one of the schematics of one version and I used to have a booklet 
he wrote about the conversion, in detail, but am unable to locate it 
after many moves and a divorce. If anybody knows more about this 
conversion or has a copy of the booklet, I would be very interested in 
getting a copy of anything you have. According to his wife, a ham in 
Redding, CA might have more information about this conversion, but I 
don't have his call sign and she doesn't remember it.

Regards -- Dean Billing WA6IKJ
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