[ARC5] Hacked R-27/ARC-5

[Michael Hanz]

Sorry - R-27, of course.

On 9/30/2021 10:14 PM, Michael Hanz wrote:
> It's an R-26 modified for remote tuning, normally with an ART-13.
>
> https://aafradio.org/docs/C-131.html has a rundown on the set.
>
> 73,
>  - Mike  KC4TOS
>
> On 9/30/2021 7:21 PM, mmab wrote:
>> I got this hacked R-27 at the TRW Swap Meet this past weekend. It has 
>> a 1:1 ratio worm drive assembly installed in place of the regular 
>> worm drive with its tuning shaft projecting through a new hole that 
>> is 7/16" above the hole for the regular tuning shaft. The dial and 
>> all of the gears for it have been removed and a 3/16" thick aluminum 
>> backer plate has been installed behind the panel to cover up the 
>> holes for the dial shaft and regular tuning shaft. Nine new holes 
>> have been drilled in the front panel to accomplish these mods.
>>
>> My question is, were did this 1:1 gear drive come from?  It fits the 
>> mounting studs on the R-27 tuning capacitor perfectly, like it was 
>> made for the job.  A half turn on its shaft smoothly turns the tuning 
>> cap through its full range.  I've seen bevel gears to accomplish a 
>> 90-degree change in shaft direction before but never 1:1 worm gears.
>>
>> Mike, W6MAB
>
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Michael Hanz - KC4TOS
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