[Milsurplus] Re: [ARC5] Beige ARC Radios

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Receivers are Brooooaaaaaaadddd!  I tune in our local 2 meter AM net on 144.45 and it's almost drowned out by a packet racket link down on 144.390.  WHen listening to various airline comm channels in the airea, i can hear 3 different freq's being talked on at one time.  Checking  against an HP signal gen i can tell they aren't 25 kc apart.  So they are quite broad.  WOuld like to be able to narrow down the bandwidth of them so they would be useable.  I like playing with the ones i have and they are quite sensitive for their age.  I use an external B+ and 12V source (one of my receivers is 12V) so i don't put up with dynamotor hash of any kind.

Larry
W0OGH


-------------- Original message from David Stinson <arc5 at ix.netcom.com>: -------------- 


> 
> 
> J. Forster wrote: 
> 
> > Does anyone know (or care to speculate) why the post-war beige colored ARC 
> > radios, very similar to the ARC-5 series, seem to be of no interest to anyone? 
> > Is there another list or group devoted to them? They seem to bring almost 
> > nothing, if any bids at all, on eBay. 
> 
> I agree with Hue's assessment. And it's too bad, because they really 
> are interesting and exceedingly well-built radios. 
> And they do indeed have a military connection. 
> I like the Type-17 iteration. Perhaps a couple of 
> articles and some research could "talk them up?" 
> 
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