[ARC5] Vintage LF/MF Fun with my BC-453B
Hubert Miller
kargo_cult at msn.com
Sat Dec 27 17:04:22 EST 2025
Ken, if you happen to recall the poorer quality construction Command Set LF rec, i would like to know which. I don't collect Command Sets and have only a couple transmitters, and haven't examined examples.
I think the dial-less rec must be the postwar 'ARC Type 12', is that right ? Years back i was offered some Type 12 VHF recs that had the freq "dial" ( for lack of more appropriate term which i cannot think of ) installed on the front. Pretty neat job.
So i am wondering about the relative "build quality" among the 3 versions of the LF rec, the SCR-274N, the ARC-5, and the Type 12. It's easy for me to believe the Type 12 is the "best" as it was produced in a more relaxed time, but i admit, that's just my idea.
At one time i thought the AM BC band Type 12, with the 0.5 - 1.5 dial installed on front, like the VHF modified recs i once
saw, would be pretty neat, but i have more than enough projects already, than to pursue this.
-Hue Miller
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