On Fri, 01 Oct 2004 03:04:50 +0000, COLIN LAMB wrote:
Wonder what the ACR-5 transmitters in the broadcast band would
bring - I know they exist but have never seen one.


I have the broadcast band ARC-5 transmitter in my collection
The band is not quite broadcast band though, it is 0.8 to 1.3 MC.

Once had a complete set up given to me - cables and all. Back then, you
couldn't give em away - at least not around here. I tried! Computers hadn't
quite caught on yet so far as News groups and E-Bay. I had no use for it and
I don't collect "antiques", so I scrapped it. I sold the coils and various
other parts out of them for a decent price just as "surplus" parts. Needless
to say, I didn't get rich from selling the parts, but I managed to fetch a
few bucks. Not a bad deal. Had a book also that I came across after the fact
for converting them to Ham. Kept it for a while, thinking I'd get some more
gear at some point and modify it. No more gear was found, so I ended up
selling that book. No more Arc 5 for me. The only thing I have now which
comes close to it, is an old mic - looks to be from an old Aircraft Radio.
Not sure. I'm not sure if I'll keep it yet, or not. At least it isn't in the
way. I'm trying to think what the band was on this particular set. I think
it was 1.8 or 2.5 to something. Can't recall.

"swamprun" wrote in message
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On Fri, 01 Oct 2004 03:04:50 +0000, COLIN LAMB wrote:
Wonder what the ACR-5 transmitters in the broadcast band would
bring - I know they exist but have never seen one.


I have the broadcast band ARC-5 transmitter in my collection
The band is not quite broadcast band though, it is 0.8 to 1.3 MC.

No Spam Here - Joe Schmo wrote:

Once had a complete set up given to me - cables and all. Back then, you
couldn't give em away - at least not around here. I tried! Computers hadn't
quite caught on yet so far as News groups and E-Bay. I had no use for it and
I don't collect "antiques", so I scrapped it. I sold the coils and various
other parts out of them for a decent price just as "surplus" parts. Needless
to say, I didn't get rich from selling the parts, but I managed to fetch a
few bucks.

I had a BCB ARC-5 rcvr back in the early 80s. They were a tad pricier
even back then than the more common SW units. I paid $15 when SW ones
were running about $5-10 G

Sold it to a guy out West that was accumulating a bunch of them for some
sort of BCB propagation study. Darn good little receivers for BCB DXing.

-Bill M

I had a BCB ARC-5 rcvr back in the early 80s. They were a tad pricier
even back then than the more common SW units.

I looked in an old 1950s CQ mag and the BCB ARC 5 sets were even then bringing
4x what the SW sets were selling for, eg $40 instead of $10. Guess they always
were comparatively scarce.

In article ain, swamprun
writes:

I have the broadcast band ARC-5 transmitter in my collection
The band is not quite broadcast band though, it is 0.8 to 1.3 MC.

It took three of them to cover the BC band

IIRC:

The T-17 covered 1.3 to 2.1 Mc.
The T-16 covered 0.8 to 1.3 Mc.
The T-15 covered 0.5 to 0.8 Mc.

My info says they were only made by ARC and only made for the Navy.

Look up the completed price for a recently-sold BC-442 on the bay. Over $440 -
but it's new-in-the-box.

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What we're really seeing, up-close, is the transition of something familiar
from the category of "practical/functional device" to the category of
"antique/collectible item". It's not limited to ARC-5s - lots of old radios are
going through the same transition.

Some years back, a mint SX-88 went for over $6000. Part of the driving force
was that it was mint, and part that it was one of the first really nice SX-88s
to appear on the bay. And the '88 was not made in quantity, and cost about $700
new in 1954.

Few weeks later, another '88 appeared. Almost as nice - but it went for a lot
less (less than $3000).

But the best one:

Some time after the '88, an unbuilt Heathkit AT-1 appeared. It was one of the
last AT-1s made - 1956 date code. Still in the original sealed box with
original label.

Now the AT-1 wasn't rare, and it only cost $29.95 new. Of course an unbuilt one
*is* rare, but if you built it, the value would tumble.

Kit went for $5100. Not a typo - five thousand one hundred US dollars.

73 de Jim, N2EY