[ARC5] GF/RU from Gordon White.

[kn7sfz]

I have a question for the group for which perhaps Gordon himself has an 
answer.

I have what appears to be a NOS BC-453-B serial No 69471  (I have the 
box as well) which has been a shelf queen for well over 35 years.  They 
are pleasant to look at, don't you agree?

Well, just below the antenna connector there is a clear decal with the 
red letters MD1.  On the side is a tag that says VRAMA Nov 62.

Any idea what these mean?

Thanks for any help,

Richard kn7sfz


On 3/22/2019 11:28 AM, Kenneth G. Gordon wrote:
> Folks:
>
> Below is an interesting offer from Gordon which he was not able to get 
> to the forums on his own. Please answer him directly on these 
> historically important pieces.
>
> Ken W7EKB
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> If someone is serious about wanting to build a GF/RU set, I have a 
> GF-2 transmitter, an RU-5A receiver with a dual coil set for 200-380 
> kc and 4150-7700 kc, the proper receiver shock mount, all local 
> controls, an RU 5A junction box, GF-2 control box, one PL S-56 
> six-conductor female plug that fits the junction box and a spare 
> receiver dial.
>
> I also have an RU 2A and RU 6 junction box, GF 2 and RU 3 and RU 15 
> control boxes, 2 SCR-183 control boxes that appear to be for 
> transmitters and a receiver switch box.
>
> I have the original A.R.C. manuals for the GF-2 and RU-5A units
>
> These are “production samples,” stamped with the yellow M in a circle 
> from the Aircraft Radio Corp “morgue.”
>
> Aside from being slightly dusty they appear to be in excellent 
> condition and have all their tubes.
>
> I have no other plugs, cables or wiring, nor the dynamotor.
>
> If anyone wants, I can list the CBY numbers for all this.
>
> Obviously I rescued these from A.R.C. when everything was sold to
> Sperry.
>
> I am not looking to get a fortune for these (all or whatever someone 
> would like to have to build a station) but I’d like to get a realistic 
> price for them. I will of course never recover what I spent in doing 
> the history of this equipment and it was at the time a labor of love. 
> I have been preserving them for now something like thirty or forty 
> years and it is time (I am 85 years old) to move them to other hands, 
> as when I go my heirs will not give a hoot for them.
>
> Anyone seriously interested, let me know.
>
> Gordon Eliot White
> _gewhite at crosslink.net_
> PO Box 129
> Hardyville, VA 23070
> 804-776-7947 cell 804 695-4628
>
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