[Milsurplus] ARC-5 Conversion

Mike Hanz AAF-Radio-1 at aafradio.org
Tue Apr 1 13:54:54 EST 2008


Good application of otherwise useless parts, Todd!  Those four unit 
racks can be wasteful of space otherwise.  Well Done! 

I like the plywood idea as well.  Some Bondo and they look just like the 
originals.

Todd, KA1KAQ wrote:

>On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 2:34 PM, Mike Hanz <AAF-Radio-1 at aafradio.org> wrote:
>
>>I have a couple of NIB ARC-5 racks you can have, Breck - a triple
>> receiver and a double transmitter rack.  If you hacksaw them apart you
>> can bolt one section from each together and have a nice basis for an SSB
>> transceiver - there's a good article on that in QST somewhere, IIRC.
>> Basically you use the transmitter for a receiver and the receiver for a
>> transmitter but of course there is a lot of fun modification you have to
>> do to get them working like that...  I think that approach would be
>> neater than just a Q-5er.
>>
>
>Mike makes some very good points here, and reminds me of the dilemma I
>had several years back concerning transmitter racks. I wanted to set
>up two separate stations but only had one of those funny racks made
>for four transmitters I guess? A bit of hacksawing, a half sheet of
>printer's tin, and half can of black wrinkle paint later, I had two
>racks! Sure, it took a little creativity when it came to the
>connectors and relays, but I was able to scavenge most of what I
>needed put of some single racks not in use.
>
>The matching shock mount required a bit more thought since it needed
>to have additional braces fabricated. Plywood is your friend. :D
>
>~ Todd,  KA1KAQ
>
>
>


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