[Milsurplus] Re: ARC-1 reliablilty
Kenneth G. Gordon
kgordon at moscow.com
Tue Aug 3 17:00:33 EDT 2004
> I'm curious about the reliablity of the ARC-1.
> I got mine working years ago, but what a HUGE bunch of "stuff"
> is in that radio. About two dozen 6AK5s IIRC. Anyone
> ever heard if it was a maintainance problem?
I, and several others in Missoula, MT, got ARC-1s through ArmyMARS
back in the 1960s. Several of us converted them for 12.6 volt filaments
(amounts to a few jumpers in various places), and used them regularly.
I mounted the power transformer for mine in the dynamotor well, as it
didn't come with a dyno.
I always wanted to use the autotune, but never did.
As I remember it, once we got them working, we had no further trouble
at all with them. But, then again, we weren't operating them in a loud,
vibrating, low pressure, "low-temperature environmental test chamber"
(read, refrigerator), either.
Ken W7EKB
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