[ARC5] A personal first

[JAMES FALLS]

Thanks for that info Howie! This will be like looking into Tut’s tomb: everything just as it was. Never actually seen the innards of an intact one. 

I use the coupling cap trick on my stock TCS-8 pair and it works fine, thanks to one of my Elmers, Marty “Cosmoline” Reynolds AA4RM(SK).  

Jim Falls K6FWT 

> On Apr 11, 2021, at 16:19, howard holden <holden7471 at msn.com> wrote:
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> The 458A is a natural for 40 CW. It’ll tune up high enough to go to about 7070 (at least mine does) with no tweaking. I’ve had mine for about 30 years, same plain aluminum case, and made lots of QSOs with it, chirp and all. Expect 35-40W out with recommended voltages and a matching cap on the output (no mods this way) so it loads into 50 ohms. Nice find Jim.
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> 73, Howie WB2AWQ
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> From: JAMES FALLS
> Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2021 11:14 AM
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> Subject: [ARC5] A personal first
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> I know: Cheap thrills, but I got this BC-458-A as part of a package deal. All the screws and the rear connector intact. All it appears to be missing are the hold-down pins. The plate caps are stowed out of the way.
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> Jim Falls K6FWT
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