[ARC5] need a laugh?

[J. Forster]

Do you know the number for an original one offhand? I'd like to get one
sometime.

-John

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> The panel is not original.  Note that the top and bottom edges are flat
> and
> that there are no rivet holes for the posts that mount the connector and
> cover.  If you remove the four screws, you will find that the wires go
> directly to the pins.  Although they aren't on BC band models, I have two
> of three
> receivers here that are like that and have seen quite a few over the
> decades.
>
> In a message dated 07/23/2013 14:18:49 PM Central Daylight Time,
> kgordon2006 at frontier.com writes:
>>
>> >>The power supply is obviously mounted on an old dynamotor base, and
>> >>the adapter in the front looks like one of the somewhat rare
>> >>originals, or at least, most of one.
>> >
>> >Really? My impression is that the company name on the panel has taken
>> >an original, blank PI and modified it with a switch and pot salvaged
>> >from some control box. Originals don't have manufacturers marked like
>> >that, AFAIK.
>>
>> Well, what it looks like to me is an original adapter with a "stick on"
>> company
>> name, but I am most certainly no expert on these matters either! You're
>> probably correct.
>>
>> >I didn't look. Looking at the unit, I see nothing that would have
>> >required removal of the bottom plate in the mods.
>>
>> Same here.
>>
>> Ken W7EKB
>>
>
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