[ARC5] GF/RU from Gordon White.

[kn7sfz]

Yes Howie, the ARC set was my first general station, which can be seen 
on my qrz page.  Always a fond spot in my heart!

Richard kn7sfz


On 3/22/2019 1:07 PM, howard holden wrote:
>
> Richard, they are certainly pleasant to look at, but oh so much fun to 
> use! And they garner many more comments in QSO than a YaeComWood.
>
>
> (Wish I had the time/wherewithal to go for the GF/RU....)
>
>
> 73, Howie WB2AWQ
>
> On 3/22/2019 1:01 PM, kn7sfz wrote:
>> 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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