[ARC5] WX Report - back to ARC-5

[Bill Cromwell]

Hi Mac,

How much we use some of our gear depends partly on how much space is 
available. Often a step back in time is also a step down from other gear 
we have. I have a place in the garage workshop/radio shack for my older 
toys like the ARC-5 command receivers, etc. Sure enough, the old radios 
in the "civilized" radio room are just 'nicer' to use. But the old 
radios still do yeoman service on the bands. I keep the ARC-5s near line 
when they aren't on line (not related to computers or internet). I like 
to have forty meters playing in the work shop so the BC-455 stays close 
to the antenna.

73,

Bill  KU8H


On 02/20/2015 04:43 PM, D C _Mac_ Macdonald wrote:
> Back around 1957, I used a Morrow 5BR-1 converter with the 1.5 - 3.0 "command" receiver as my main receiver; very sensitive and very stable.  I still have several Morrow and Gonset converters now, though I am not currently using any of them.  It's awfully hard to retrograde from my Icom IC-7410!
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