[ARC5] What the..?

[Kenneth G. Gordon]

On 13 Mar 2014 at 21:55, Robert  Eleazer wrote:

> You could indeed take some parts from one of the models with the local dial and
> add it to a Type 12.  I examined doing that.  The Type 12 has a geared drive
> just like the others, so you could take the little gear that engages that and
> the dial and gear that engages the little gear and add that to a Type 12.

That may be more difficult than simply changing the entire tuning capacitor: 4 
bolts, 4 soldered joints, and out it comes.

>  And
> you would have to remove that connector where the dial would go but that's easy
> to do.

Yes.

> I considered adding such a dial to a VHF Type 12 that I had converted to local
> built-in controls, just for fun, but never have.  I think that Gordon suggested
> that as a possibility.
> 
> But if you did, what would you have?  There were no HF Type 12's that I know of.

There were a 190 - 550 Khz job, and a 520 - 1500 Khz job. The R-11(*) is 
the MF version and the R-10(*) is the BC band version. I have one of each. 
All others are VHF.

>  It would be an R-11A with a dial for 6-9.1 MHZ or something.

No. A dial from a BC-453 or R-23.

> The fact that there are no local controls installed that I can see, and even the
> AL angle with snaps on the front is still there, as are the connectors sure
> makes it look all original.  And the paint is not nicked up, either.

Well, it also looks to me as though he has spent some time cleaning them up 
and polishing them.
 
> But then again the frequency marker looks like just a black marker.

Which one? I didn't notice that. Too bad his photos are so blurry...

Ken W7EKB