[ARC5] The value of MO and PA tank components.

[AKLDGUY .]

Forgot to include:
Have never seen the VHF ARC-5. Not a single one
in 50 years.

73 de Neil ZL1ANM


On 3/25/16, AKLDGUY . <neilb0627 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 3/25/16, Tim <timsamm at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi Neil - sounds like a similar story on my end - 1961 ARRL Handbook
>> "Conversion" of a 5.3 - 7 mc set.
>>
>> Just curious how you and the VK's found the local "surplus scene" back
>> then.  Was there good availability of WWII gear in your local areas?
>> 73, Tim
>> N6CC
>>
>
>
> Hi Tim
> I can speak only for ZL, not VK.
> In the mid-late 60s in ZL, a mix of SCR-274-N, ATA, AN/ARC-5:
>
> Transmitters:
> 3.0 - 4.0, 4.0 - 5.3 Mc/s
> Receivers:
> 190-550 Kc/s, 3.0 - 6.0, and 6.0 - 9.1 Mc/s
> All were common and even today are occasionally advertised on
> local auction sites. Most have been modified and are nowhere
> near pristine. The 5.3 - 7.0 and 7.0 - 9.1 Mc/s transmitters seemed
> less common but were available.
>
> By common, I mean that newspaper classifieds sometimes listed
> such items, so I would watch the ads.
>
> I have never seen a transmitter or receiver of any other range than
> those, but a BCB receiver in battered and modified shape turned
> up on a local auction site a few months ago.
>
> Dynamotors: rare, but nobody wanted them anyway.
>
> Modulators: almost unheard of. I never saw a modulator or even
> parts of one until visiting the Museum of Transport and Technology
> (MOTAT) in Auckland in about 2000 and saw their complete demo
> setup. An MD-7 complete and in very good condition turned up in a
> local auction site a few months ago. I bidded up to $140 but some
> other guy was prepared to go higher and won.
>
> Antenna relay/RF ammeter: the occasional one, but again, nowhere
> near as many as would be expected, considering the number of RF
> units.
>
> Mounting hardware: almost unheard of, nobody wanted it anyway.
>
> SCR-183 / BC-230 transmitter - purchased in circa 1968 for I think
> two dollars - about $33 today. I disliked the thumbwheel tuning for
> rapid frequency changes and couldn't figure out how to solve the
> directly heated filament circuit problem, so rebuilt it in a radical
> mod for a 5W CW contest.
>
> There was a very large US military presence here in ZL during
> WW2. The policy may have been to sell milsurplus off to the NZ
> government at the end of hostilities rather than ship it back to the
> US.
>
> Over the years I've seen various items, such as a great looking
> Bendix RA-1B receiver, complete, undamaged, no paint chips, and
> unmodified. Have kicked myself ever since for not paying the $40.
>
> 73 de Neil ZL1ANM
>