[ARC5] spare command receiver sheet metal / John Forster

[Leslie Smith]

  Regarding John, No Bill, I haven't heard from him for a long time -
  despite writing to him apart from this list.
  I miss him, or more precisely his broad knowledge.  It's always lots
  of fun to be around people who know "stuff".
  John knew "stuff".


  73 de Les Smith
  vk2bcu at operamail.com


On Sat, Apr 4, 2015, at 04:41, Bill Cromwell wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have seven of the command receivers in various conditions. Most of 
> them are useable and the rest will be - except one (number 8) that is 
> way beyond the pale. A crushed junker. To make them whole again I do 
> need some sheet metal. Some of it will be easier for me to fabricate 
> than other pieces but if I can get my hands on original parts in 
> reasonable condition I'll go that route.
> 
> The small metal cover with 5 slide latches that cover the tubes and IF 
> cans - need 3. This one will be the easiest to fabricate if I can't get 
> them.
> 
> The bottom plate - need 1. This is only slightly harder than the small 
> top plate. Making and accurately locating all the posts to receive the 
> screws - time consuming.
> 
> The top housing - need 1. This one covers most of the top of the radio 
> and has the opening for changing tubes where the smaller cover goes. I 
> could make some kind of a facsimile of this but the folds and radii... 
> kind tough.
> 
> And antenna terminals. Those things get broken (or even replaced with 
> coax connectors). - need 4.
> 
> Anybody can help with any of these please contact me off list. These 
> bits can be black or bare and I'll deal with that if needed. If your 
> browser/mail client doesn't make my email address obvious it's:
> 
> wrcromwell at gmail.com
> 
> I have begun evaluating the working radios more closely with antennas, 
> earphones, and cans connected. I'm using batteries to give me heater 
> current and B+ (90 volts). I have to pay close attention to the battery 
> piles. All but my BC-454 have the 24 volt heater strings. That one has 
> been rewired to 12 volts. I need to put it back the way it is supposed 
> to be or Murphy will get me. So far the radios I considered were working 
> radios (regardless of modification) actually do work pretty well. Some 
> caps need to be replaced (lower B+ helps with that) and they could 
> generally be prettier. I was playing wuth the BC-455 (40 meters) today 
> for a while. It took some extra time to warm up and after that it 
> drifted a little bit but this is one that needs the tube cover. I am 
> using these with some audio filters that help quite a bit but I turned 
> the filters off for 40 meter SSB and it did very well.
> 
> I got the BC-455 from John Forster, a member of this list. Has anybody 
> heard anything at all of John recently?
> 
> 73,
> 
> Bill  KU8H
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