[ARC5] ARC5 and ART13

[Bill Fuqua]

    Back then who would  have thought that 1625's would cost more than
a $.20 each or 813 or 304TLs more than a couple of dollars.
    I got the courage to build my first transmitter ( 9th grade) when I saw a
friends homebrew 813 driven by a 6L6 made from surplus parts. His band 
switch was
a set of clip leads.  His father was a ham and they were in MARS and got
all sorts of interesting stuff in the 50's and 60's. So I built a 6AG7 osc and
6L6 buffer/multiplier and a pair of 6146Bs ( just came out) which worked great.
Took a while to get it working but finally got it on the air.
73
Bill wa4lav

At 12:08 PM 10/18/2011 -0400, Leslie Smith wrote:
>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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