[ARC5] T-17 goes for big bucks!

[D C _Mac_ Macdonald]

Yes, it is the 1.3 to 2.1 MC/s transmitter.  Very few were apparently made 
and probably far fewer were actually deployed. 
 
VERY rare item and can cover the 160 Meter ham band without great modification. 
 
That's the reason for the high selling price! 
 
I was prepared to go to $200 or $250, but had little confidence it would go that cheaply! 
 
They MAY come up for sale a couple of times per year! The T-16 transmitter is even rarer! 
 
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To: arc5 at mailman.qth.net
From: 1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com
Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2016 18:38:13 -0700
Subject: Re: [ARC5] T-17 goes for big bucks!


  
    
  
  
        I looked at this and went back to the original
      listing.  It appears to be an ARC-5 Transmitter, not a microphone.
      The price is probably still outrageous. If there was a microphone
      involved I've missed it somehow.  I have a T-17 mic somewhere, I
      think mine was made by Shure Brothers.  It works after a fashion. 
      Sometimes baking the element will restore carbon mics but more
      often you need to replace the carbon.  Fresh carbon can often be
      obtained from old telephone microphones but it doesn't always
      work. 

    

    
On 4/21/2016 6:40 PM, J Mcvey via ARC5
      wrote:

yes

try
                this:  http://www.ebay.com/itm/301929710060 
Richard Knoppow
1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com
WB6KBL 
  

 		 	   		  
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