[ARC5] FT-260

[Scott Robinson]

Folks,

All of this reminds me of the engineer's motto: If it ain't modified, it 
ain't worth a (choose your favorite noun).

Also: If it's broken, I can fix it. If it ain't broken, I can fix that, too.

FWIW,

Scott Robinson

On 12/16/15 8:50 AM, WA5CAB--- via ARC5 wrote:
> Just to be clear, making a facsimile of the FT-260-A (or the other
> nomenclatures) will not allow you to operate a receiver unless you have the receiver
> in one of the receiver racks because there is no phone jack on any of the
> original local control front plug-ins.  Most (almost all) of the post-war
> modifications to the early FT-230-A or other nomenclature blanking plug-ins
> have a phone jack included (note that it is not easy to fit a phone jack onto
> an FT-230-A unless you put the receiver ON-OFF switch on the gain pot, use
> one of the hard to find long-barrel toggle switchs for either the receiver
> ON-OFF or the BFO ON-OFF or use a very small 3-position rotary switch in place
> of the two toggle switches usually used).
>
> Also, the modified FT-260-A plug-in won't work in an AN/ARC-5 receiver
> unless you also modify the receiver to bring the audio up to the front box.
>
> Robert Downs - Houston
> wa5cab dot com (Web Store)
> MVPA 9480
>
> In a message dated 12/16/2015 10:22:40 AM Central Standard Time,
> arc5 at mailman.qth.net writes:
>> After reviewing the SCR 274 manual it appears  that the FT260 is the
>> "local operation option" . I don't see any interface boxes that will control
>> multiple receivers without the remote  cable tuning.Unfortunately, most of
>> front panel boxes are the blank type of blanks that have been poorly
>> modified. I guess I will have to fashion a reasonable facsimile of the FT-260 if
>> they are that rare.
>>
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