[HBR] Projects

[N2EY at aol.com]

In a message dated 4/28/08 10:44:19 AM Eastern Daylight Time, n7gtb at yahoo.com 
writes:


> the Millen, National, etc. dials that have I have seen 'available' went for 
> (what is for me) nearly a King's ransom... 

The solution is to use the variable capacitors with buil-in dial drives from 
WW2 surplus gear, which are high quality and relatively inexpensive.

For example, the 40 meter ARC-5 receiver, (BC-455 et al) has a 3 gang, 62 pf 
per section capacitor and built-in gear drive. The LM and BC-221 frequency 
meters and the ARC-5 transmitters have good caps too.

While ARC-5s in good shape command high prices (pun intended), junkers and 
heavily modified units often go for a song.

---

As for projects of my own...

The current project is to get the shack/shop into neat-enough condition that 
I can actually build something. To that end, if someone has need of some 
specific parts for a project, please let me know and I'll see what I have. 

TNX

73 de Jim, N2EY


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