[ARC5] ARC-5 T-20 Frequency coverage and other questions
Andrew Kopke
andrewkopke at rocketmail.com
Wed Jul 30 17:33:47 EDT 2014
Hello all, I'm new to the group and a
new owner of a ARC-5 T-20
After doing some reading on line ,It appears as though this
model could cover the 80 meter band mentioned in one of the
conversion manuals ( I think it was "Command Sets" published
by CQ ) Anyway, That mod mentions adding a capacitor
somewhere . There is another modification that involves C-60
and, making the plates of that capacitor fully meshed. I
took the cover off and sure enough the paint seals were
broken and the capacitor was closed.
I haven't even begun building the power supply as of yet . I
do have a 24v dc 2.5 amp supply.
I have alot of questions to follow ,but my first question is
:does anyone know if this transmitter will cover the bottom
CW portion of the 80 meter band with the plates of C-60
closed? I don't see any other modifications done. I
washed the set in the sink with dawn and rinsed with
distilled water unfortuately, I washed off the white
ink behind the plastic window of the roller inductor scale
,but can still see the number scale engraved in the plastic.
I suppose I could just get a white paint marker and re- do
it . Any thoughts?
Thanks for any insight,
Andrew Kopke
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