[ARC5] ARC-2: IF Regeneration is a "No"

[David Stinson]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kenneth G. Gordon" <kgordon2006 at frontier.com>

> ....Les sent me a couple of schematics of "top" vs "bottom" 
> coupling
> which jogged my memory.
>
> If you can reach the GROUND connections to the "bottoms" of the 
> two coils
> in each IF can, you can lift that ground connection and insert 
> a capacitor in
> series between that connection and ground. This results in 
> "bottom"
> coupling. You may be able to do this completely externally to 
> the IF cans.

Not a chance :-(
To reach them would require a disassembly of
the whole tuning deck and moving rack assembly
and that ain't happening.
Call me "chicken" but I think that's a sure way to turn
this excellent radio into a "parter."  Too risky.

Gonna see what I can do with the 5 pFd couplers.