[ARC5] BC-453 in operation.

[Bob Groh]

Ken, I really liked your YouTube presentation.  I was really impressed by
the very nice job you did on recapping the BC-453 and that has given me a
push to 'semi-restore' the BC-453 that I have.

Bob Groh, WA2CKY

On Tue, Feb 25, 2020 at 3:59 PM Kenneth G. Gordon <kgordon2006 at frontier.com>
wrote:

> On 25 Feb 2020 at 0:00, Mike Morrow wrote:
>
> > Ken,
> >
> > It always hurts to see one of these receivers so far removed from
> > original condition.
>
> I agree, but you should have seen it before I put it into the condition it
> NOW is!!! Mising
> audio transformer, no BFO transformer, all caps hanging out by their
> wires, previously
> converted to 12V filaments, front box missing, crappy "adapter" in front,
> missing paint, no
> bottom plate, etc. The only thing that wasn't ripped out was the power
> connector on the rear.
>
> As I have repeatedly metioned here, ALL the receivers I have left are
> literally hacked to
> ribbons...and the few transmitters I have are even worse.
>
> > But what really hurts was that completely
> > pointless tone that played at rather high volume throughout the video.
>
> What tone? Eh? (cupping hand behind his good ear...)
>
> >  What could the originator been thinking was the value of that?  :-)
>
> Heh heh!
>
> Ken W7EKB
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