[ARC5] BC band BC-453

[Phillip Carpenter]

The QST articles I know of regarding conversion of the BC-453/R-23 to Broadcast Band are April 1958 QST on page 63, Using the Gonset Super-Six Ahead of a Command Receiver by W6DAW; and June 1955 QST on pages 18-20 & 134, Better Selectivity in Mobile Reception by W2TZI.

Phil (W4RTX)

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> On Jan 21, 2014, at 1:21 PM, "Kenneth G. Gordon" <kgordon2006 at frontier.com> wrote:
> 
> I got a reply from George concerning the subject receiver: he says that as he 
> remembers it, he bought that at some sort of flea market.
> 
> He also says the BFO works just fine.
> 
> He did mention an article from QST some years ago that detailed how to 
> make a BC band receiver out of an LF model.
> 
> However, he wasn't sure that was what had been done to this one.
> 
> I remember that article, and in fact, have a PDF copy of it here.
> 
> What it entailed was removing numbers of turns off the coils in the coil box, 
> leaving everything else, including the BFO, alone.
> 
> So, what you ended up with was a BC receiver with 85 KHz IFs.
> 
> I have never seen such a receiver, although I have seen a BC-453 with the 
> BC band IFs, coil box, and BFO substituted.
> 
> Kenneth G. Gordon W7EKB
> 
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> 
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