[ARC5] What the...?

[Kenneth G. Gordon]

On 13 Mar 2014 at 17:51, J. Forster wrote:

> I wonder if it's actually a beacon band Type 12 with the wrong dial attached?

I wouldn't call it the "wrong" dial. :-)

> Maybe grandpa just swapped dials? I don't collect Type 12 and don't
> remember if any had local dials, or could be fitted with them.

No. All I have ever seen have a large round connector smack in the middle 
of where the dial would go.

However, that connector can be easily removed, and serves no purpose 
when the receiver is used stand-alone.

Removing that connector leaves a large hole, exactly centered over the boss 
that connects to the dial in the older receivers.

Furthermore, the tuning capacitors for both the Type 12 MF (and BC) band 
receivers are identical with those in their older counterparts, the BC-453 or 
R-24 receivers, and swapping them is no big deal. Even the tuning shaft is in 
the identical place.

Dealing with the fact that the Type 12s had no BFO is a different matter and 
a bit more difficult to add....but not much.

Ken W7EKB