[ARC5] value of art-13 LF VFO

[Robert Downs]

Bill,

 

There were two LF/MF VFO's for the ATC and AN/ART-13.  The older one was
O-16/ART-13 which covered 200 to 1500 KC.  The later one was O-17/ART-13A
which covered 200 to 600 KC.

 

I have no basis for assigning a value today but have sold a few of them in
the past.  I sold the last O-16 that I had for $35.00 in 2000.   I sold
seven O-17's over the period 1999 thru 2015 for prices that ranged from $35
to $45.00 except that I once sold two of them at once for $60.  

 

As you mentioned, besides the LFO, you must have an outboard tuning unit to
tune the transmitter to work at any frequency below 2000 KC.  With those two
units, putting one of the transmitters on 500 KC should be plug-n-play.
Getting on 160 Meters with either unit required some modifications.  Years
ago, someone who I think was on this list worked up the procedure for using
the O-17 to get on 160.  I may still have a copy of the instructions from
which about all that I recall is that it required a tunable coil out of one
of the HF VFO's.  I still have several of the HF VFO's.

 

Robert Downs

 

From: arc5-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:arc5-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On
Behalf Of Fuqua, William
Sent: Sunday, December 9, 2018 20:46
To: ARC5 at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [ARC5] value of art-13 LF VFO

 

  Some ART-13s and ART-13 LF and HF VFOs have been donated to our club.

Does any one have any idea of value of the LF VFO.  If you have a ART-13 you
can transmit

down as low as 200kHZ with the LF VFO and a LF antenna coupler. I found it
interesting.

When you switch to the LF VFO the other stages are bypassed and it feeds the
813 directly. 

 

73

Bill wa4lav

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