[ARC5] Advice requested.

[J. Forster]

IMO, restoring to sell is not a productive option. It will take a lot of
work, and it'll never be worth much more than its current value. Only
really NOS stuff brings big money.

Even 1 extra hole knocks 80-90% of the value out.

FWIW,

-John

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> OK.
>
> I was going through my stash of "ARC-5" receivers today and found a
> BC-946B which looks
> like it is a fairly decent candidate for restoration for the following
> reasons:
>
> 1) Miracle of miracles, it still has its original BFO transformer and
> audio transformer.(!)
>
> 2) The outer case is in decent condition, with only a couple of added
> holes near the back of
> one side.
>
> 3) The front panel and top are in decent condtion.
>
> However, there have been the usual ham mods done to the box in front, an
> AC supply has
> been mounted on a plate over the dynamotor shock-mounts, and the
> dynamotor connector
> has been removed, as has the power connector on the rear panel. The power
> connector has
> been replaced by a small plate with a fuse holder and a grommet for the AC
> cord mounted in
> its place.
>
> The triple 0.22 MFD cap and the hash choke have been removed and an
> electrolytic
> capacitor has been mounted there on a home-made bracket for the AC power
> supply filter.
>
> Some of the can-type caps have been replaced with those purple caps that
> looks somewhat
> like orange drops, and a couple of other reversible mods have been done to
> the electronics,
> among which is a crystal-controlled mod of the BFO with a 239 Khz crystal
> mounted. I have
> documentation of the mods, and all could be easily reversed.
>
> My question is, "Is this worth restoring to sell, to keep, or should I
> just sell it, or keep it as is?"
>
> Opinions, comments, curses, suggestions?
>
> Ken W7EKB
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