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

[J Mcvey]

ha! sound about right.... I have never seen one of those NOS before, but I haven't been at this as long as most here. They don't even show up on Ebay.
 


     On Friday, November 6, 2015 10:07 PM, Michael Hanz <aaf-radio-1 at aafradio.org> wrote:
   

 Under a hamfest table in 1998. :-)

On 11/6/2015 8:40 PM, J Mcvey via ARC5 wrote:
> Where did you come up with that NOS rear connector?
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>      On Friday, November 6, 2015 5:53 PM, Michael Hanz <aaf-radio-1 at aafradio.org> wrote:
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>  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
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> 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?
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>>        On Thursday, November 5, 2015 10:55 PM, Michael Hanz <aaf-radio-1 at aafradio.org> wrote:
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>> 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...
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>> Mike  KC4TOS
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>> On 11/5/2015 5:26 PM, kg4kgl at gmail.com wrote:
>>> Here is the auction item number: 111679132205
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>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: ARC5 On Behalf Of kg4kgl at gmail.com
>>>> Sent: Thursday, November 05, 2015 6:42 AM
>>>> To: Mike Morrow
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>>>> A clean example just sold on eBay for $750. Maybe prices have stabilized.
>>>> :-)
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>>>>> On Nov 4, 2015, at 22:55, Mike Morrow <kk5f at earthlink.net> wrote:
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>>>>>> 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.)
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