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

[Dave Merrill]

Unfortunately the item is an R-13B with no dial.

On Tue, May 12, 2020, 10:26 AM D C _Mac_ Macdonald <k2gkk at hotmail.com>
wrote:

> 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)
>
> ------------------------------
> *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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