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

[D C _Mac_ Macdonald]

A 28V R-13B is on eBay with auction  # 402250273196

Frequency coverage just 108-135 co not much use to a ham.

73 de Mac, K2GKK/5
Since 30 Nov 1953
Oklahoma City, OK
USAF, Retired ('61-'81)
FAA, Retired ('94-'10)

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From: arc5-bounces at mailman.qth.net <arc5-bounces at mailman.qth.net> on behalf of Kenneth G. Gordon <kgordon2006 at frontier.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2020 11:15
To: ARC-5 <ARC5 at mailman.qth.net>; Dave Merrill <r390a.urr at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [ARC5] Post-War R-13 VHF (came in 12 and 24V versions)

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
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