[ARC5] ARC5 and ART13

[Leslie Smith]

Hello list-members!  
I think the "plundered" equipment mentioned below shows the difference
between now and "earlier times" and the economic and social values of
two ages.  I imagine this is 50's or 60's.  Surplus gear was cheap then
- it's only necessary to look at the photos of ARC-5's stacked to the
ceiling in a warehouse to see that.   I should use the plural
"warehouses".  Who could ever imagine these would become valuable?

Then there is the idea of "build it yourself".  And I can understand
that point of view.  The knowledge gained by "doing" is the best kind of
knowledge, but we "buy", rarely build, for various reasons spoken about
in other postings.

It's an interesting contrast.

  Leslie Smith
  vk2bcu at operamail.com

  (end)

On Tuesday, October 18, 2011 11:19 AM, "Bill Fuqua" <wlfuqu00 at uky.edu>
wrote:
>   Yes, a bit hard to understand today and perhaps even then.
> This was probably built back in the 50's when all sorts of
> surplus was available. It is possible he got salvaged
> ART-13s and used the parts from them. Who knows.
> It could be that he just wanted to build something himself,
> as many of us would, and the cheapest parts available were
> from surplus radios.  I just don't know the story. I was given to
> me by a friend who got it from someone else.
>    It is just as odd as another transmitter that I have which is
> a single band 40 meter CW transmitter with a 813 final and
> a stripped down Johnson Navigator as the exciter. No one noticed
> at the hamfest that it had a Navigator in it and I got it cheap.
> Now, I need a case and front panel for a navigator.
>    73
> Bill wa4lav
> 
> 
> 
> 
> At 10:40 AM 10/18/2011 -0400, David Stinson wrote:
> 
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Fuqua, Bill L" <wlfuqu00 at uky.edu>
> >Subject: [ARC5] ARC5 and ART13
> >
> >
> > >  ......I have an interesting homebrew transmitter in the garage.
> > > It is a homebrew rack mount 80 meter AM transmitter with an ARC5
> > > transmitter with a shortend
> > > chassis for the VFO, an 813 modulated by a pair of 811s. I did
> > > notice a small bit of FMing on the
> > > carrier while modulating...
> > >  I think some ART 13 parts were involved....
> >
> >This gave me such a laugh.
> >Someone destroyed an ART-13 (and an ARC-5)-
> >a rock-stable, multi-band 100 watt AM transmitter-
> >to cobble-up a 100-watt, single band Franken-radio
> >that takes up more room and FMs to boot.
> >How typical. :-D
> >
> >
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