[ARC5] Command Set Coil Color Codes

[Bob Groh]

I checked the one 'mostly virgin' R-23() I have and the BFO coil has a
brown (or black) paint mark on it along with a stamping '5852 85 kHz' on
it.

Bob Groh, WA2CKY

On Fri, Feb 28, 2020 at 9:47 AM D C _Mac_ Macdonald <k2gkk at hotmail.com>
wrote:

> I bought a couple of the 5853 (NOT 5883) from Fair several years ago that
> were described as 239 kHz BFO coils for the BCB radio.  My plan is to use
> the BCB radio as the IF for 1950s mobile converters such as Morrow, Gonset,
> etc.
>
> I have not looked in the manual(s) but suspect the BFO coils run 5852,
> 5853, 5854, 5855 for R-23 through R-26.
>
> 73 - Mac, K2GKK/5​
> (Since 30 Nov 53)​
> Oklahoma City, OK​
> USAF, Retired (61-81)​
> FAA, Retired (94-10)
> ------------------------------
> *From:* arc5-bounces at mailman.qth.net <arc5-bounces at mailman.qth.net> on
> behalf of Robert Eleazer <releazer at earthlink.net>
> *Sent:* Friday, February 28, 2020 07:41
> *To:* arc5 at mailman.qth.net <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
> *Subject:* [ARC5] Command Set Coil Color Codes
>
> Here is what I have figured out
>
> 239 KHZ BFO Coil: P/N 5883 Color Code Red
> 1415 KHZ BFO Coil P/N 5855 Color Code Yellow
> 85 KHZ BFO Coil Color Code Black or maybe very dark brown
>
> 7-9 MHZ Transmitter oscillator coil P/N 6032 Color Code Yellow
>
> In addition to the responses from the group I took a look at an unmodified
> BC-453 I bought back in the early 80's and confirmed the BFO coil was color
> coded black.
>
> Fair Radio still has some BFO coils, some transmitter MO coils and some
> 2830 KHZ IF transformers, all NOS.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Wayne
> WB5WSV
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