[ARC5] ARC-2 Information

[David Stinson]

A story about the reliability of the AN/ARC-2:

One morning several years ago, I checked into
a local AM net with the AN/ARC-2 running
as-designed on the dynamotor.  The only real
changes to the set - I increased the value of the
BFO injection capacitor which greatly improved
both CW and SSB reception and I put a 100pFd
doorknob in the antenna lead to make matching
a 50-ohm antenna easy.   Had to get to work
quickly so headed out the door.

It was a very long work day.  I got back home
and went into the barn 14 hours later.   I had
inexplicably left the set running on dynamotor-
somehow forgot to turn it off.  It ran the whole
time-14 hours straight.  It was still and is still
running just fine.  Gotta tip the hat to Art
for the AN/ARC-2.
73 Dave AB5S

On 9/6/2020 6:55 PM, Meir Ben-Dror WF2U wrote:
> I have owned an ARC-2 for close to 20 years, and it works just great 
> the way it was issued...
> 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
>
>


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