[ARC5] AAAAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHH! :-(

[Bob Macklin]

When this stuff was surpluses after WWII no one gave a thought to this stuff 
being COLLECTABLE someday.

The ARC-5/SCR-274 receivers were mostly useless on the crowded ham bands of 
the 50's and 60's so many people tried to make them useful by modifying 
them.

Today unmolested units are the rarity. My opinion is the best you can do is 
take several molested units and combine parts to restore one to original 
cognition or close.

Do people use these in original condition or just look at them?

Bob Macklin
K5MYJ
Seattle, Wa.
"Real Radios Glow In The Dark"
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Nickels" <ranickel at comcast.net>
To: <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2013 7:51 AM
Subject: Re: [ARC5] AAAAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHH! :-(


>I realize I'm in the minority here by cutting a break for those guys who 
>modified command sets back in the 40s and 50s when it was given no  more 
>thought that we'd give to re-purposing a PC power supply today.   But 
>miniature toggle switches didn't become popular and available until when --  
>the early 70s perhaps?  (those colored handles say "Radio Shack" to me). 
>There was far less justification to do this kind of modification by that 
>time, even though the receiver would have still been unwanted and 
>considered  "junk".   We didn't get access to 17 meters until the early 
>80s, and despite the sellers contradictory statements, regardless whether 
>it  tunes from 13.5 to 20 Mc or to 21 Mc, it would have only been useful on 
>the crowded, SSB-dominated 20 meter band, not  on 15 meters in any case.
>
> I agree with Todd,  many hams who used military gear did their best to 
> "civilianize" it, and since no one had much money invested,  they didn't 
> hesitate to drill holes, remove nameplates, etc. - especially since there 
> were probably "10 more where this one came from"...
>
> 73, Bob W9RAN
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