[Boatanchors] Any have one of the ex soviet ART-13's ?

[Pete Lancashire]

Just curiosity more then anything. Maybe 20 yrs ago I would have gone for it

-pete

On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 5:39 PM, Meir WF2U <wf2u at ws19ops.com> wrote:
> Pete,
>
>
>
> I have  an R-807 (the Soviet ART-13 copy) and the matching receiver, the
> US-9 (the Soviet BC-348 copy). So far, I only powered up the receiver after
> fixing the dynamotor - or rather, the miswired dynamotor unit plug. This is
> one of the differences between the US-9 and the BC-348 - the US-9 dynamotor
> plugs into the chassis, and the BC-348 dynamotor has a terminal strip for
> connections. The receiver works great, but since I don't have the original
> Soviet version of the shock mount, the receiver is sitting very comfortably
> :-)   on a BC-348 shock mount, and the US-9 power plug mates perfectly with
> the receptacle on the shock mount.
>
>
>
> As to the R-807, I started to make the cabling for the ART-13/BC-348 in the
> ARC-8 configuration (which is going to be side-by-side with the R-807/US-9
> set)... BTW the R-807 bottom slides fit the ART-13 shock mount, of which I
> also have an extra one. The US-made Canon plugs fit the R-807 just fine.
> When I got the transmitter, I tried the ART-13 power plug in the R-807, and
> initially I couldn't push the plug inIt looked like the Canon inner shell
> was a tad larger than the R-308 receptacle. I started to sand down the
> shell, but didn't really take much off it, just the dirt. After it was
> clean, I tried it again, sprayed both the plug and the receptacle with
> contact cleaner and they mated with no further effort.
>
>
>
> I don't have the original Soviet dynamotor, so I'm going to run the R-807
> with the DY-17A dynamotor. All the connections are identical to those of the
> ART-13.
>
>
>
> Do you already have an R-807 or are you just planning to get one?
>
>
>
> 73, Meir WF2U
>
> Landrum, SC
>
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> [mailto:boatanchors-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Pete Lancashire
> Sent: Friday, March 04, 2011 5:52 PM
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> Subject: [Boatanchors] Any have one of the ex soviet ART-13's ?
>
>
>
> Just curious if someone actually has one and put it on the air ?
>
> how about the receiver ?
>
> -pete
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