[ARC5] ARC-5/R-25 tuning gang question

[Kenneth G. Gordon]

On 30 Jan 2016 at 2:29, J Mcvey via ARC5 wrote:

> When I pulled the hood off, there were only three blades on each rotor
> shaft. Is this normal or was this a hack job? 

Hack job: someone has either already completed, or planned to, convert it to 
10 meters.

Open up the coil-box under the tuning cap. I would not be surprised if you 
find all three coils rewound.

> I don't know if it works yet, because the RF stage is noisy/oscillating or
> something ( no antenna). The RF stage apears to be at least partially functional
> since I get a noise bump when I touch the antenna terminal. The noise goes away
> when I pull the grid cap. The other odd thing is that I don't hear much activity
> when I touch the open grid cap. It may just be bad caps...

Could be, all right. However, I'll bet it has been converted to 10 meters.

Ken W7EKB