[ARC5] ARC-5 Receiver Question

[J. Forster]

Thank you.

-John

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> On 16 Feb 2010 at 19:48, J. Forster 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. This is
>> not a hack job as the top cover lists the following tube complement:
>>
>> 3x  12SK7GT
>> 1x  12SR7GT
>> 1x  12A6GT
>> 1x  VT-132
>>
>> Can anyone enlighten me, please? Is it a BC-454 or some rare aardvark?
>
> John:
>
> At one time, I had somewhere around 150 "ARC-5"
> receivers, some few were new-in-the-box. I found several
> which not only had glass tubes IN them, but which were
> LABELED  for glass versions of the tubes. I.e., 12SK7GT,
> etc.
>
> All my receivers were "gifted" to me from the estate of a
> fellow I worked for in the 1970s, and they were all bought at
> that time.
>
> I would say that yours is not unusual.
>
> Ken Gordon W7EKB
>
>