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

[Kenneth G. Gordon]

On 12 Oct 2012 at 21:44, Todd, KA1KAQ wrote:

> Mine is number 3065. Yellow stabilized(?) 'S' on the front panel, red tag vs black on cover.

No yellow "S" on mine, but the outside looks almost new. I think mine is an earlier one. 
 
> 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.

As I indicated, this one looks like the project was begun, but never finished. The outside, the 
top case/cover and the bottom of the chassis looks almost new, as do the tubes. Except for 
the missing parts, the bottom interior also looks new. I doubt if this one was ever used.

> 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.

Well, I would sell this one to you for a reasonable sum, you choose the price. I'll send you 
some photos if you are interested. I would like to see it go to someone who would appreciate 
it. I think I even have a "lid" for it that would match, and a bottom-plate too, for that matter. I 
also have a CCT-49107 that is restorable that I would include.

> 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....

As I said...

I'll take some photos asap and forward them on to you. You may be interested. As I said, it IS 
restorable...

Ken W7EKB