[Milsurplus] Oh my....and I thought I had seen every mod known...

[RICHARD SOLOMON]

There was a place in Dorchester (south of Boston) called Electro-Craft. They had
ARC-5's, still in the original wrapping, by the pallet load. $2 each, take your pick.
The building is still there and looks unoccupied ... hmmm ... I wonder ...
 
73, Dick, W1KSZ> Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:30:48 -0600> From: kk5f at earthlink.net> To: milsurplus at mailman.qth.net; arc5 at mailman.qth.net> CC: > Subject: [Milsurplus] Oh my....and I thought I had seen every mod known...> > Mac wrote:> > >In all likelihood, the original owner used what was then > >a CHEAP B.C. band receiver to use as an I.F. for a ham > >band converter such as those made by Gonset, Morrow, > >and others.> > >Don't berate somebody for making a decision to modify what > >seemed at the time to be an unlimited supply of stuff that > >hardly anybody really wanted at the time. > > The BC-band command receivers were always the least common> and most expensive of the command receivers ever since they> were released to the surplus market. Adjusted for inflation> from any particular year, they approach the 2008 equivalent of> $150 to $300. The BCB units were really never low cost.> > I have ARA/CBY-46145, BC-946-B, and R-24/ARC-5 receivers, each> with the appropriate power adapter intended for the ZB-* or> R-1/ARR-1. I've also got the post-war A.R.C. R-10A.> > I guess all I need now is the RAV/CBY-46103 (fat chance) and> the post-war A.R.C. R-22.> > Mike / KK5F> > ______________________________________________________________> Milsurplus mailing list> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/milsurplus> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm> Post: mailto:Milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
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