[ARC5] Anybody have an ARC-5 /T-15 to sell?

[Michael Hanz]

Remarkable final price, in that it has had a number of the usual ham 
modifications that would need to be reversed to return it halfway to 
original - among the mods was removal of wiring, the antenna relay K-54, 
enabling relay K-53, 1629 filament resistor R-71, and substitution of an 
octal for the rear connector.  Reversible (to a degree), but takes a lot 
of time.  As AB5S noted earlier, it's a crap shoot...

Mike  KC4TOS

On 11/5/2015 5:26 PM, kg4kgl at gmail.com wrote:
> Here is the auction item number: 111679132205
>
>> On Nov 5, 2015, at 15:05, Mike Feher <n4fs at eozinc.com> wrote:
>> Do you have the eBay number for that sale?
>>
>> Mike B. Feher, N4FS
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: ARC5 On Behalf Of kg4kgl at gmail.com
>> Sent: Thursday, November 05, 2015 6:42 AM
>> To: Mike Morrow
>>
>> A clean example just sold on eBay for $750. Maybe prices have stabilized.
>> :-)
>>
>>> On Nov 4, 2015, at 22:55, Mike Morrow <kk5f at earthlink.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I don't think it would be too hard to tune that down into the
>>>> proposed amateur band.
>>> The special purpose T-15/ARC-5 (along with the similar T-16 and T-17)
>>> are among the rarest of AN/ARC-5 components.  Each of these three
>>> units have been known to fetch $1000 to $2600 on ebay a decade ago.
>>> It would be unwise to actually operate a unit so rare. since to
>>> operate this equipment means that the equipment is being destroyed.
>>> Even just a re-cap of such a rare unit sends its historical and
>>> monetary value into the dump.  (I got a T-16 for $10 at an Ohio
>>> hamfest 30 years ago.)
>>>
>>> Probably a T-47/ART-13 with O-16/ART-13 and CU-25/ART-13 (or T-47A/ART-13 with O-17/ART-13A and CU-32/ART-13A) would be a less-expensive route using
>>> old gear.  Or even a BC-375-E with TU-26-A and BC-306-*.  Some small makers
>>> of niche ham gear have announced solid-state designs that would be much more
>>> practical.  Ken can give the best counsel.
>>>
>>> I'd recommend a USN TAJ-16,  :-)
>>>
>>> Mike / KK5F
>>> (Someday I'll post about my T-588/ART-33.  It is a small
>>> locally-controlled MF radiotelegraph transmitter, about 50 watts RF,
>>> 400 Hz AC power in, crystal-controlled on the six standard merchant
>>> marine Morse frequencies (410 to 512 kHz) used by merchant vessels
>>> worldwide.  It was made for Coast Guard aircraft service.)