[ARC5] Need a BFO inductor and audio output transformer for BC-453

[Kenneth G. Gordon]

On 25 Feb 2020 at 14:42, Bob Groh wrote:

> 
> I have a BC-453 and an R-23 which are more-or-less original but not 
> really collector level (the R-23 is missing some sheet metal and the 
> rear power connector is dangling outside the case, the BC-453 has 
> the rear deck stripped (and had a ac power supply added)).  So I am 
> toying with the idea of restoring one to fully functional level. 
> 
> To do that I need, at a minimum, a BFO transformer as well as the 
> audio output transformer - both of which are totally absent from the 
> BC-453.  If anyone has one or the other or both, I would love to hear 
> from you.  Thanks.

Bob:

I will send you a BFO transformer (or two?), but the audio transformers are getting very hard 
to find. I reserve any I have for those receivers which are restorable to original condition.

Almost all of mine are (or were) terribly hacked up when I got them.

For those unrestorable ones, I use a low-wattage 70 volt line transformer which has a tap 
which is very close to the 12A6 plate impedance of the original transformer. Usually they are 
small enough to be mounted where the original one was.

Is your address good on QRZ.com?

Ken W7EKB