[ARC5] My R-25/ARC-5 and ARA CBY-46104

[Bill Cromwell]

Hi,

My goal is to actually use the radios on the air. My interest in the
R-25 is coverage of the 160 meter ham band. I saw an article somewhere
suggesting they are rare and expensive when they are available. The
author may have been talking about museum quality that I don't really
need. That same article suggested then that we should convert a
different, more plentiful model to cover 160. I guess I am just going to
have to do that by building converter for 160 ahead one of the R-23 or
BC-453 receivers (Q5er style) I have here. Much more practical than
building a different radio inside a radio that already works. When I get
that perfected I'll probably see a useable R-25 in the 'low hanging
fruit' position. Murhpy ya know.

73,

Bill  KU8H


On Fri, 2012-10-12 at 21:44 -0400, Todd, KA1KAQ wrote:
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> 
> Sounds like the two or three CBY-46105 receivers I've seen. They're missing
> dynamotor mounts and/or look like they were used as blocking under Bubba's
> 67 pickup during the axle swap. Still need one, have had zero luck finding
> a clean example(the curse of starting your set up with a few NOS pieces).
> When one shows up on ebay it seems some nutjob pays a crazy amount for it
> that exceeds the crazy amount I bid. Guess I just don't want one badly
> enough. Yet. It's still just a pastime for me, well down the list.
> 
> I've seen plenty of the other nice examples over time, even the BCB
> CBY-46145 version, but the 46105 seems in short supply. Wonder why that is?
> And the ATA transmitters show up regularly with mid/late war acceptance
> dates. But no CBY-46105s. sob....
> 
> ~ Todd/KAQ