[ARC5] Command TX Repairs

[David Stinson]

Alas and alas, this is a tough fix.
I have one like it and haven't tried to repair it yet.
I'm thinking of pulling the entire cap chain from
a "junker" and installing it. Either way, a complete
alignment will be in order.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jess Lewis" <kr4oj at bellsouth.net>
Subject: [ARC5] Command TX Repairs


>I recently bought (on E-Bay) an ARC-5 Transmitter, in the 2.1~3 Mhz. 
>range.
> Looks pretty clean and unhacked, except for a broken mount for the 
> roller
> inductor. I replaced it with a part from a "junker" unit that I had
> acquired, some time ago and thought I was "good to go".
> I kept hearing a small "clink- clink" from the underside, each time 
> I turned
> the unit over. Upon removing the bottom cover, I see that the tiny 
> glass
> (maybe plastic) spacers in each of the three variable caps were 
> missing.