[ARC5] Receiver audio transformers and other stuff.

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Sun Jan 20 13:06:11 EST 2013


Bill,

The missing output transformer was part of the "customizing" AKA hacking.  
None were ever made without one or the other of the four transformer 
variants.

In a message dated 01/20/2013 11:47:00 AM Central Standard Time, 
wrcromwell at gmail.com writes: 
> Hi Ken,
> 
> I don't have a "lot" of those here. I have six of my own and one
> "guest". Ine of mine arrived without the audio output transformer and
> had been converted to R-C output. I only ever used that one with Hi-Z
> cans. The others seem to be okay. I don't know what dates they were
> manufactured (and that is not very important to me). Eventually I can
> look at them to see what is on all of the tags (where tags are present)
> and somebody else can tell us when the one without a transformer was
> made.
> 
> All of mine have been "customized" to one extent or other but none of
> them have been converted to a different band, solid stated, or
> "updated". One has an octal connector on the back, several have had the
> dynamotor connector soldered, one has a "UHF" antenna connector grafted
> - etc.
> 
> 73,
> 
> Bill  KU8H

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