[ARC5] FT-260

[J Mcvey]

I have these receivers in a a rack, so the phone output is not needed,I was thinking of using a small 3 position rotary like the FT-260 along with the vol control.I will have to jump pins 1 and 6 on the control plugs  of the rack to supply power to use the FP power control option.The  versatility options they designed  for these radios is fascinating.
 


    On Wednesday, December 16, 2015 12:15 PM, Scott Robinson <spr at earthlink.net> wrote:
 

 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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