[ARC5] ARC5 and ART13

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I have a single 813 10 meter amp that I built in the 70s. The 813 is 
on it's side and it is built on 4 1/2 rack panel. Still works with 
the original tube and has a nice viewing port to see the filament 
glow. Life is good.

de Pete WA5JCI




At 12:02 PM 10/18/2011, Bill Fuqua wrote:
>     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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