[ARC5] ARC-5 as VFO

Fuqua, Bill L wlfuqu00 at uky.edu
Thu Nov 12 16:02:15 EST 2015


  That is what I found amazing. The commercial ones kit or not seemed not to be as good as a B+ deprived ARC-5 TX. 
I had a drift issue with my HG10B and dropped the B+ to 75 volts from 108 and added a 6AG7 buffer following it to make up for
the reduction in output level. That solved the problem.  Bu that was before I got involved  with SSB and used the ARC-5 VFO that
came with my used 10A.

73
Bill wa4lav

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From: Glen Zook [gzook at yahoo.com]
Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2015 11:01 AM
To: Fuqua, Bill L; arc5 at mailman.QTH.net
Subject: Re: [ARC5] ARC-5 as VFO

Many years ago, I used a BC-459 as a VFO for 6-meters.  That VFO was considerably more stable than the VFOs being marketed by Gonset, National, etc.

Glen, K9STH

Website: http://k9sth.net

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From: "Fuqua, Bill L" <wlfuqu00 at uky.edu>
To: "arc5 at mailman.QTH.net" <arc5 at mailman.QTH.net>
Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2015 11:29 PM
Subject: [ARC5] ARC-5 as VFO

  I am always amazed about the stability of the ARC-5 TX when used as VFO with reduced plate voltage.
I picked one up, greatly modified with VR tube etc. But plugged in the power cord and it was remarkably stable, especially after
a few minutes of warm up.
  I used them for VFO's for my 10A and 20A years ago. But still amazed.



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