[Milsurplus] Surplus Conversions (Perversion)

[Hue Miller]

Eric Jones has denied me the cake for my ARC-5 transmitter converted 
to oscilloscope, even tho it's a beautiful job.

Well, how about this one: i have an 80-meter ( only ) receiver, in 19"
cabinet. The dial mechanism is the vernier from a BC-375 tuning unit.
When you pull the cabinet to look inside, you see an RU receiver 
mounted on the chassis, which apparently supplies the RF and HFO 
stages. There is one coil, an uncommon 1934 set  for 80 meters approximately
which is not mentioned in the later RU manuals. The rest of the chassis
has a low IF chain at 100 kHz and lotsa other stuff. Someone spent time
on this one- i hope they did get some good usage out of it!  I had also
thought of scrapping it, but now i think i'll get out the scratch paper, trace
out the circuit, and actually try to use it, or at least fire it up.

And that ARC-5 transmitter selling for $8, the one with the transistor heat
sinks  on top - i should have bought it too, i'd never miss $8.
-Hue Miller