[ARC5] Command Set Commonality

J. Forster jfor at quikus.com
Fri Apr 11 17:06:59 EDT 2014


Has anybody compared the chassis wiring of all the sets in a family to see
if they are, in fact, identical to the component value level?

-John

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> I dug out Gordon's "Command Sets for All Frequencies" article in the Jan
> 67 issue of CQ to check on commonality for the sets.  Just as I thought,
> here is what it shows for the C4, the tuning cap.
>
> 190-550 and 520-1,500 use the same tuning cap, max 346 pf.
>
> 1.5-3.0 and 3-6 use the same tuning cap, max of 147 pf
>
> 6-9.1, 9-13.5, and 13.5-20 use the same tuning cap, max of 62 pf.
>
> 20-27 uses a max 41 pf tuning cap.
>
> So, with the pluggable IF's, pluggable RF's and easily removable BFO coils
> they could cover all the production models as well as most of the special
> ones with just 3 tuning caps.   Darned clever!
>
> Wayne
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