[ARC5] AN/ARC-5 or ATA

[Kenneth G. Gordon]

On 5 Jan 2012 at 18:47, J. Forster wrote:

> Please: DON'T be tempted by the 50s ham lore to replace the antenna
> terminal with an SO-239.
> 
> You can easily get the thing running with an approximately 50 pF air
> variable and matched to a 50 Ohm load.
> 
> "TVI" is caused by a lack of proper operation, not defective WW II design.

In fact, you may wish to look at this page:

http://www.w7ekb.com/glowbugs/Military/arc5pages.htm

I have posted two PDFs of information by David Stinson on this very subject.

Ken W7EKB