[ARC5] D-modding BC-696

[J Mcvey via ARC5]

Well, both were replaced. The correct one for the 1625 is a three hole type with elongated slots on the mounting bracket. It barely fits, but it seems to work OK. The original sockets were cut just enough to allow the new socket to poke through. The "perpetrator" used a snap ring to hold the octal in place.

Let me know if you have the right one and how much you want for it. 

Thanks
Jim



On Friday, June 20, 2014 11:49 AM, WA5CAB--- via ARC5 <arc5 at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
 


Jim,

The medium 7-pin socket was made in both bakelite and ceramic and my 
database says I have some of both.  But database doesn't say whether they are 
keyed hole and circlip mount or mounted with two screws and thus quite a bit 
wider.  And I apparently haven't looked at them since 1999 and don't remember.  
I can look if I can find them.

Do I understand correctly that only one of the two 1625 xockets was 
stripped and an octal installed?  Is it single hole or screw mounted (3 holes)?

Robert Downs - Houston
wa5cab dot com (Web Store)
MVPA 9480

In a message dated 06/20/2014 08:30:58 AM Central Daylight Time, 
ac2eu at yahoo.com writes: 
> I didn't try uncrimping it because I thought that it would make a bad 
> situation worse. I suppose it's worth a try on the octal socket side since the 
> damage is already done. I think it might be a good idea to put cuts at 120 
> degrees around the crimp to facilitate bending it back and reduce the 
> possibility of damaging a good socket when removing it.
> 
> 
> However,  a new ceramic socket would be a much simpler fix if I could find 
> one. The other "carcases" are not totally useless, but have "Swiss cheese" 
> case parts.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Friday, June 20, 2014 2:26 AM, WA5CAB--- via ARC5 <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
>  wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> The D-401 dynamotor is probably from a TCS dynamotor supply.  It will work 
> 
> OK but its output is a nominal 400 VDC.  So power out will be a little 
> lower.
> 
> Your receiver must be an R-26, not T-26.
> 
> On the 1625 tube socket problem, although I have never tried it in a 
> Command Set transmitter, you should be able to open up the crimp holding 
> the 
> remains of the original 7-pin socket and transplant one out of one of your 
> parts 
> cadavers.  Same procedure you would use to open up a vibrator or a 
> standard 
> cylindrical canned electrolytic capacitor.
> 
> Robert Downs - Houston
> wa5cab dot com (Web Store)
> MVPA 9480
> 
> In a message dated 06/20/2014 01:10:03 AM Central Daylight Time, 
> arc5 at mailman.qth.net writes: 
> >Hello all,
> >My name is Jim, my call sign is AC2EU and I'm the new kid on the block.
> >
> >I have quite a bit of electronic troubleshooting and repair experience, 
> >but I found this ARC5 project a bit more daunting than I thought it would 
> be. 
> >The problem is mainly all of the "hacking" that was done to these poor 
> >unfortunate radios over the years. So far I only have one T-26 ARC5 
> receiver 
> >working on 12v ( with dynamotor) in a modified ARC15 dual rack ( can't 
> find 
> >an original).
> >
> >My goal is to have a mobile 40/80 meter transmitter/receiver pair in 
> racks 
> >. ( I found a 12V transmit dynamotor d401 that will probably suffice). 
> Has 
> >anybody ever used one of these?
> >
> >The BC 696 transmitter had its 1625 socket changed to ceramic. That would 
> 
> >be OK, but one of them is octal for some oddball mod that was done on it. 
>  
> >Apparently, the tube is a bit wider than other tubes of this era, so the 
> >question is...where do I get another ceramic socket? 
> >I've got lots more isssues than that this, but this transmitter is the 
> >most restoreable one except for the socket problem, rewiring it with 
> original 
> >components shouldn't be problem, since I have a few other basket cases to 
> 
> >pull parts from.
> >
> >Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
> >BTW, I have a way of re-stuffing the bathtub caps. If this is of interest 
> 
> >to the group, let me know and will provide the details.
> >
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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