[ARC5] ARC-5 as VFO

[Meir WF2U]

I did the same thing in my foolish youth... My first commercial ham rig (I initially got on the air  with the Command Set transmitters) was a Heathkit DX-40. I made a chassis on which I built a regulated power supply for the BC-457 VFO and a differential keying circuit (sequencing the timing between the VFO and the PA keying for clean signal) right out of the ARRL Handbook, with semi-break-in receiver muting and antenna relay. The VFO was stable after a warm-up period. I still have the photo of that station; the  Geloso G4/214 receiver was also my first commercial receiver after the Command receivers.

73, Meir WF2U
Landrum, SC 

On November 12, 2015 3:02:51 PM EST, Dennis DuValll via ARC5 <arc5 at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
>Back in the 50’s I cut a BC-457 chassis in half just behind the 1625
>sockets, re-attached the front panel with the dial, etc. on the front
>and very
>successfully used the result as a VFO with several HB rigs.  Later saw
>the same thing written up in a CQ  (or maybe QST) article.
>
>Dennis D.  W7QHO
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