[ARC5] More BC-455 IF thoughts

[Kenneth G. Gordon]

On 14 Apr 2018 at 3:43, David Stinson wrote:

>     From: J Mcvey via ARC5
>     Subject: [ARC5] More BC-455 IF thoughts
>      
>     ... . Unfortunaely, only the 2nd and 3rd IF were 85Khz , The ist IF tuned out to be 
>     the original, thus all of the heavy mods were about a second oscillator which he 
>     must have removed the Xtal or whatever, as there was no sign of a secondary 
>     osc circuit coil either.
>     ---------
>      
>     I´d bet coffee and donuts it was like 90% of the mods I see:  he got half-way to what he 
>     was trying to do, discovered it still wasn´t going to be a Collins receiver or saw something 
>     new ("Ohhhh!  Shiny!").  The mod was never finished and the radio went into the junk heap 
>     until a brave and noble soul (that would be you) rescued it.  May your attempts to breathe 
>     new life into the poor, abused thing, bear fruit.
>     73 Dave S.

Yes, Sounds very similar to that 10 meter conversion of a BC-454 I ran into something like a 
year ago or more. Mine was never finished either, and in addition, could never have worked 
the way it was done.

Mine ended up being a very useful 10 meter monitor receiver and works very well.

Ken W7EKB

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