[ARC5] SCR-522: Coming Together

Christopher Bowne aj1g at sbcglobal.net
Sun Jul 8 12:22:02 EDT 2018


Nice looking set!  Looks brand shiny new.  I have a complete set here in the case, some dyno and a ground service AC supply.  Getting all of it working on my retirement bucket list.

I ran a BC-625 on 2M AM as a novice in 1967.  My first surplus conversion project.

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> On Jul 8, 2018, at 00:22, David Stinson <arc5 at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> 
> SCR-522.  Bad bypasses (including two dead short)
> and bad resistors replaced in the BC-625AM
> transmitter.  It's making just under 4W out with
> good modulation so far.  
> https://photos.app.goo.gl/QTx4kVUxmmmxbDVw9
> 
> Receiver has about 5 dBm to go to make spec.  Got
> an open bypass in the IF somewhere.  Aligning the
> 12 MC IF is interesting, since Radio Havana Cuba
> on 12.000 MC in the evenings, picked up from my
> sig gen lead, can be louder than the sig
> generator, LOL.  Slow beat note (less than a
> cycle/sec) between the sig gen and RHC was making
> peaks hard to find, so moved the sig gen to 12002
> KC and that worked fine.  Lots more to do as time
> permits.  Hope you are having a good weekend.
> 
> 
> GL OM ES 73 DE Dave AB5S
> 
> 
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