[ARC5] Sigh.... :-(

[Kenneth G. Gordon]

On 14 Feb 2014 at 16:38, Andrew.MacAllister at emerson.com wrote:

> One of my BC-946-B Rcvrs was missing the BFO circuitry. 
> I wonder if this one has a similar problem,

Of course it does. In addition, that "4 ohm output" is a clue that the internal 
audio output transformer was removed and replaced with something else.

> in addition to the crazy
> starting price.

The guy has no idea what he is doing. He has a "Make Offer". I was thinking 
about making him an offer of $5.00, just to get started, but then again, if I 
DID win the thing, I would hardly know what to do with it...

I have 5 BC band ARC-5 receivers here: only ONE still had the BFO 
transformer in it. All of the rest had been hacked into crap. One was 
essentially totally destroyed.

"Back in the day", almost all of the BC band jobs had been hacked in to "hi-fi 
AM tuners". One of the first steps in this process was to remove the BFO 
transformer and toss it. The second step was to totally F.U. the audio stage.

Fortunately, I was able to buy a few 239 KHz BFO transformers from Fair 
Radio Sales some time ago.

I **think** I can restore at least three of these receivers....maybe... :-(

I am not pleased.

I also have one of the ARC-12 types which covers the BC band. That one 
never did have a BFO transformer from original. It has also been hacked. I 
may attempt to install one of the FRS transformers in it...maybe...

Ken W7EKB