[ARC5] Update: BC-669 Project for Veteran, Parts Request.

[CARL HUETHER]

1985 kc


> On September 21, 2019 at 8:23 AM David Stinson <arc5 at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>     Thank you all so much for your efforts, digging into those old boxes.
>     One of our kind members donated the glass 6L6s and another sent-
>     along a green pilot-lamp jewel to replace the improper white one.
> 
>     Still need:
>     Two 807
>     One 6SA7
>     Frequency Chart Holder
>     Crystals for:
>     3880, 3885, 3890, 3495, 3500, 3505, 4265, 4270, 4275
>     (The BC-669 has a 385KC IF.  Someone get a medium to
>     raise the shade of the person who decided that so I can
>     throw garlic at him).
>     I'll be etching some crystals, but it's a tedious job and even
>     one off the "etch" list is a big help.  Last resort is 
>     programmable oscillators, which I've done before and it works,
>     but a rock is better if possible.
> 
>     Still need some suggestions for one or two 160 Meter AM freqs
>     that will apply to Texas.  Is no one on 160 AM anymore?
>     I once thought 1885 was the "calling freq" for AM, but I haven't
>     heard anyone there in quite a while.  Maybe my timing is bad?
> 
>     Our Tug-Boat captain is excited that the project is progressing.
>     It will be cool to hear him on the local AM nets with it. 
>     This one ain't easy:  Many grounds had gone Hi-Z.
>     Someone replaced the power connector with one from
>     an SCR-522.  The original connector is no easier to find now
>     than it was then, so I just "went with it."
>     Every paper cap in it, and there must be
>     two dozen, is bad.  Most of the resistors are over 20% out.
>     Half of the receiver tubes are bad, including the "gassy-est"
>     6K6 I've ever seen.  That one was an excellent example of why
>     one should not get lazy and skip the GAS test on the TV-7.
>     Transconductance looked peachy.  GAS test darn near pinned
>     the meter.  Oof!
> 
>     What is it about the BC-669 that some of us find so attractive?
>     Maybe it's because it looks like something John Paul Jones might
>     have used to accept the surrender of Serapis ?
> 
>     TNX OM ES 73 DE Dave AB5S
> 
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