[ARC5] ARC-2 Information

[Meir Ben-Dror WF2U]

Frankly, I don't care for these massacre articles about hacking up nice
surplus equipment. I use these articles if necessary to restore surplus to
original, if I identify some modifications that were published.

 

I have owned an ARC-2 for close to 20 years, and it works just great the way
it was issued. I don't understand what was the point removing the dynamotor
and squeezing in a crappy AC supply in there. It's easier to build a brute
force 24 VDC power supply and leave the poor radio the way Collins designed
it. The dynamotor is not even noisy! If I was to make a modification, I'd
just build a solid-state inverter supply and keep the dynamotor just in case
there is a problem with the inverter, and still want to use the radio while
the inverter is being worked on. Regarding the lack of selectivity, I use a
dual active filter with it on CW, so I can peak and notch at the same time.
It makes the radio usable even under pretty busy band conditions, with a lot
of adjacent signals. The ARC-2 is a technological masterpiece for its time
and it is a shame to hack it up.

This is my humble opinion, everyone's mileage may vary. I had to get it off
my chest, this is the way I feel about hacking up complete, functioning WW2
or other historical generation of radios.

 

73, Meir WF2U

Landrum, SC

 

 

From: arc5-bounces at mailman.qth.net On Behalf Of Robert Eleazer
Sent: Sunday, September 6, 2020 5:17 PM
To: arc5 at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [ARC5] ARC-2 Information

 

I just stumbled on this old 73 Magazaine that has conversion info for the
ARC-2.

 

https://archive.org/details/73-magazine-1962-10/page/n1/mode/2up

 

Wayne

WB5WSV

 

 

 

 

 


 
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