[ARC5] Help Needed

[Joel R Roberts]

Ray, I agree with you whole heartedly. Everyone has been great since I 
started out with it last year. I hope we can all be as generous. Happy 
Holidays everyone, and Thanks Again......Joel    KB0FPT
On 11/25/2014 2:13 AM, Raymond Cote wrote:
> What a great indication of the calibre of people on this and similar lists!!!
>
> Raymond Cote
> KD9CCZ
>
>
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>> On Nov 24, 2014, at 15:32, Taigh Ramey <taigh at twinbeech.com> wrote:
>>
>> Good for you Clare. Santa does exist!
>>
>>
>>> On Nov 24, 2014, at 5:37 PM, Clare Owens <clare.owens at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Joel,
>>>
>>> Last March at an estate auction I was able to buy a Very nice BC-348R that
>>> had been fixed up and converted to AC by a real craftsman, the retired
>>> chief engineer from station WBT.  It came with what is apparently the
>>> dynamotor from which the filter box for the AC supply was taken, a
>>> DM-28-J.  It has some rust on the outside of the frame but the labels and
>>> the interior are nice.  The guy even left the four mounting screws in the
>>> mounting bracket.  I cleaned and regreased the bearings in March and it
>>> sounded and ran OK then but not perfectly.  When I saw your email yesterday
>>> I went over to the shelf, got the dyno and tried it out.  It sounded too
>>> noisy so I cleaned the bearings again this morning and regreased it.  Now
>>> it sounds like a normal WW II dynamotor (well, except for the SCR-522
>>> dynos, whose sound is like music to my ears - but that's another story) and
>>> produces 225V with 24.5V @ .75A input, no load.
>>>
>>> To make this long story short, send me your address and I'll pack up the
>>> dynamotor and send it to you, no charge.  I'll never use it and you will so
>>> it belongs with you.  Early Black Friday gift.
>>>
>>> Clare  N2RJB
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 3:50 AM, Joel R Roberts <joelroberts001 at comcast.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Greetings everyone, and happy Holidays. I was recently given a BC-348-R
>>>> that looks to be internally intact, but is of course missing the Dynamotor
>>>> and Filter assembly, and also the metal case. Does anyone know where I can
>>>> find the values for the two filter chokes in the assembly? As every one of
>>>> the complete Dynamotor/Filter assembly's are scarce, and those we
>>>> occasionally see on the bay are quickly driven out of my price range,
>>>> similar to the Modulator/Dynamotor sets that a lot of us need, I am going
>>>> to build up a substitute using the manuals and schematics that I currently
>>>> have. If anyone has an extra case or knows the value of the chokes, let me
>>>> know. I really appreciate the help. Thanks and 73's to all,,,,,,,Joel
>>>> KB0FPT
>>>>
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