[Milsurplus] Re: [ARC5] Did You Get A Crystal Kit for you ART-13?

[WA5CAB at cs.com]

Jay,

Dave may not be receiving, as I tried to send him a note earlier telling him 
when he got the original kit (from me) but it bounced - mailbox full.

Yes, or part of it.  Technically, a CDA-T consisted of the plug-in unit, all 
parts for converting a 52286 or T-47, and instructions.  The parts list is 
sorta generic, in the sense that the couple of cable harnesses are called just 
that.  And the kit didn't give details on how to make the harnesses nor part 
numbers of the added switch wafers.  Other than that, the list shows a relay, a 
condenser, a couple of resistors and mostly hardware (bracket, and nuts, screws 
and washers).  On the other hand, except for the sheet metal, the parts list 
of the plug-in is detailed, given relay, choke, etc. part numbers.

FWIW, the HF/LF kit originally sold for $160.00, less tubes and crystals.  
That was circa 1948.  Pete W. can comment on installation time.

In a message dated 3/3/2007 3:27:29 PM Central Standard Time, 
jcoward5452 at aol.com writes: 
> Is this the kit that enabled intallation of the CDA-T? (I am not the 
> person you are looking for).But I would be interested to see the 
> contents of that "legal" conversion kit.I sent my conversion documents 
> to our friend in Houston some years ago.I recall a comment in the 
> instruction sheet that 10 man-hours were required to do all the work.
> Jay KE6PPF
> -----Original Message-----
> From: arc5 at ix.netcom.com
> To: boatanchors at theporch.com; milsurplus at mailman.qth.net; 
> ARC5 at mailman.qth.net
> Sent: Sat, 3 Mar 2007 11:56 AM
> Subject: [ARC5] Did You Get A Crystal Kit for you ART-13?
> 
> Years ago, I sold a crystal-control conversion kit to someone
> on one of these lists.  Right after I mailed it,
> life events lead me to put the majority of everything in storage,
> where it stayed for almost seven years.  A few years ago,
> some of the parts for that kit "surfaced" from the chaos of storage
> and I managed to contact the buyer and send them along,
> but Father Time has now robbed me of who it was.
> Well, we've finally recovered and are back in a home,
> so the stuff is slowly coming out of storage.
> (got my SCR-287 back on the air and making QSOs
> at last; Hurry!).
> 
> I found, down in the bottom of another old box,
> yet another bag of parts for that kit!
> It may be a long shot after all this time, but if you are
> the one that bought the kit, please send me an
> email so I can send you these pieces (bracket,
> some pre-made cables w/connectors and hardware).
> If I can't find the person, I'll send it to our
> resident ART-13-to-crystal expert in Houston ;-).

Robert & Susan Downs - Houston
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