[ARC5] ARC-5 Transmitter--Overproduction in WWII

[Geoff]

There is still plenty of room for the PS plus a 6AG7 oscillator to properly 
drive the 807!

Carl


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From: <millerke6f at aol.com>
To: <mark.k3msb at gmail.com>; <tarheel6 at msn.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2013 2:17 PM
Subject: Re: [ARC5] ARC-5 Transmitter--Overproduction in WWII


> Hi
>
>
> Granted the creation is not that pretty, but it obviously served some 
> function and being that it's a 30 meter design, it's certainly not a 
> product of the 50s but someone's idea of getting something operating on a 
> "New Band" and despite the use of a Command Set chassis....at least the 
> builder did something other that twist a few knobs.  Kudus to the fellow 
> who whipped the thing together.  Hell, I even bid on it.. As to the 
> sacrificial Command set, I watched that 1946 movie, "The Best Years Of 
> Their Lives"  last night and one of the great shots in the film was when 
> the protagonists flew over one of the many WWII aircraft bone yards where 
> thousands of planes were arranged in rows stretching almost to the 
> horizon.  The commentary suggested that many of these planes went directly 
> from the factory to the bone yard for demolition.  Imagine now that every 
> one of these planes had be outfitted with Command Sets and other radios we 
> all have learned to love.  One reference books sugges
> ts that there were in excess of 3 million command sets produced let alone 
> all the other avionics that saw immediate obsolescence in 1946.
>
>
> Cheers
>
>
> Bob, KE6F
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark K3MSB <mark.k3msb at gmail.com>
> To: Tom Bridgers <tarheel6 at msn.com>
> Cc: ARC5 <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Tue, Oct 1, 2013 10:25 am
> Subject: Re: [ARC5] ARC-5 Transmitter
>
>
> Ouch!  I'm glad I viewed that on an empty stomach!
>
> The perspective of the 1950s was a lot different than that of 2013.
>
> Mark K3MSB
>
> Sent from my Android phone
> On Sep 30, 2013 11:23 PM, "Tom Bridgers" <tarheel6 at msn.com> wrote:
>
>> Remember the articles in the 1950's about converting
>> an ARC-5 TX that said, "first remove everything above
>> and below the chassis."  Here's what happens when
>> you take that approach:
>>
>>    see:  261296990673
>>
>> 73,
>> Tom  KE4RHH
>>
>>
>>
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