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

[J Mcvey]

Where did you come up with that NOS rear connector?
 


     On Friday, November 6, 2015 5:53 PM, Michael Hanz <aaf-radio-1 at aafradio.org> wrote:
   

 Well, the ebay unit does have potential, but it will take a bit of 
work.  I've been fixing a T-17/ARC-5 for a friend that was in almost 
identical shape, except that the R-71 resistor clip was broken off to 
provide more room for wiring, so I had to use new rivets and a new clip 
to fix that part of it.  The rear modifications take the most time to 
reverse.  A couple of pictures (as of the moment) are at 
http://aafradio.org/garajmahal/T-17-ARC-5_restoration.html

On 11/6/2015 10:49 AM, J Mcvey via ARC5 wrote:
> Here is the auction item number: 111679132205The octal socket is a fatal flaw. I don't think there is an eloquent way to fix it.That Tx was a mess! Don't know what the buyer was thinking...Some people have more money than brains! I always wondered how that happens too. Did they get an inheritance?
>
>      On Thursday, November 5, 2015 10:55 PM, Michael Hanz <aaf-radio-1 at aafradio.org> wrote:
>    
> 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
>>
>>> -----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.)