[ARC5] Survey Question

[D. Platt]

On 7/31/2014 9:44 PM, Robert Eleazer wrote:
> All this talk about the T-20 on ebay led me to wonder:
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> How many of y'all have at least one totally unhacked Command Set transmitter?
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> I have a 4-5.3 ATA I mildly hacked back in the early 70's (connector change to an octal plug and removal of the antenna relay).  The frequency range I left unchanged.  I did not have my ham license then so it did not matter what frequency I used.  In any case I was only transmitting from my bedroom to the kitchen.
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> I have a 5.3-7 ATA that someone removed everything inside except for the osc coil and associated tuning cap.  It has a cover from a 3-4 ATA.  I figure it will one day make a marvelous basis for a Something on 40M.
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> And I have a perfect BC-457-A, unhacked and original, even with the center cover plate.  It does have a cracked dial but I figure the one from the gutted ATA will move over there when required.  And I paid $10 for it on ebay back before people went insane.
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> Wayne
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>   
Wayne,  All I have in that condition is one ea. NIB (literally) BC-457.  
It still has the cardboard tubes around the 1625's.  I'm going to drop 
it down at least far enough to cover 3885.

Jeep - K3HVG