[ARC5] Post-War R-13 VHF (came in 12 and 24V versions)

[Kenneth G. Gordon]

On 12 May 2020 at 7:12, Dave Merrill wrote:

> Sure wish the later A.R.C. Type 12 sets had retained the local frequency dial. 

Me too.

Well, for those two which cover the 190 - 550 range, and the BC band, one can replace the 
tuning capacitor with one from a junked BC-453, then add the dial.

But your Type 12 better be hacked beyond restoration to start with. Mine sure are. Mine 
look almost as if someone took an axe to them. I cannot imagine what was the reason.

Also, none of the Type 12s has a BFO. It has a noise-limiter instead. And a much better 
AGC. Both features make them hard to use for CW or SSB.

These reasons are probably why there are so few Type 12s being used by hams. There 
weren't all that many of them made anyway.

I would sure like to even see one of those tunable VHF receivers, the R-13.

Ken W7EKB