[ARC5] Inspired Hack Job

[Geoff]

> It probably works at least as well as most commercial equipment available 
> at the time and certainly a lot better than my old Halli S-38 or Hammi 
> 129-X.

** Not quite as the 129X was a far better radio for a ham or SWL and is 
still coveted today...mine gets used often with a slightly modified BC-453 
tagging along.

Stability, selectivity and the ability to read frequency down to less than 
one kc was extremely expensive. Collins 75? You could buy a new car for the 
price!!

** Not even close, a 75A1 was $375 and a base 49 Ford coupe was $1595.

 Here you have 95% of the state-of-the-art performance for $5 or $10 and a 
lot of sweat!! In those days my mom could feed a family of four with less 
than $45 a week, so even then the conversion was not cheap. Uncle Sam paid 
about $5000. for a new R-390, a price which would have bought you a house in 
the town where I grew up.

** More like $2995

The 10 meter BC-454 is a thing of historical interest in and of it's own 
right. Using it is like Saturday night cruising in your neat old car. Is 
that worth the effort? Wanna drag?

** Dream on, I still do cruise nights but have no interest in a 10M mod to a 
BC-454 besides technical curiosity.

Carl


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>> From: macklinbob at msn.com
>> To: kgordon2006 at frontier.com; arc5 at mailman.qth.net
>> Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2013 08:42:53 -0800
>> Subject: Re: [ARC5] Inspired Hack Job
>>
>> Ken,
>>
>> In 1960 would a ham be satisfied with the way you have it working now.
>>
>> We wen't as fussy then!
>>
>> Bob Macklin
>> K5MYJ
>> Seattle, Wa.
>> "Real Radios Glow In The Dark"
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Kenneth G. Gordon" <kgordon2006 at frontier.com>
>> To: <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2013 8:29 AM
>> Subject: Re: [ARC5] Inspired Hack Job
>>
>>
>> > On 6 Mar 2013 at 5:18, David Stinson wrote:
>> >
>> >> I have seen and handled hundreds of "hack" jobs.
>> >> I believe it accurate to say that 90% or more
>> >> were unfinished and/or unusable "train wrecks"
>> >> which never did another lick of useful work.
>> >
>> > Like that "10 Meter BC-454" I have been working with...
>> >
>> > Although now (after a month's off and on work on it) it works about as
>> > well as
>> > can be expected, it took far more work than the result warranted.
>> >
>> > Ken W7EKB
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