[ARC5] [Milsurplus] ARC-5 Receiver Question

[J. Forster]

OK. Thanks very much.

-John

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> John wrote:
>
>>I just took the top off a 3 to 6 MHz Command Receiver (w/o nameplate) and
>>much to my surprise 5 of the 6 tubes are glass, not metal.
>
> That's very common in some of the later SCR-274-N receivers.  W.E. Co.
> seems to
> have used what was available.  A receiver manufactured at a little later
> date,
> judging by serial number, could very likely show the return to metal
> tubes.
>
> I have several of each in my accumulation.
>
> Mike / KK5F