[ARC5] How "History" Ain't, Sometimes....

[Ian and Kelly Abbott]

Hello-

Dave said:

> This page is an excerpt from the official U.S. Airforce
> history of the Airforce in Korea.  They call the
> SCR-522 radios- which were fitted in the
> forward air controller jeeps early in the conflict-
> "AN/ARC-1" and describe them as a 4-channel radio
> (which the SCR-522 is).  Later in the article, they
> say directly that the VHF component of this set is "SCR-522."

Could they have meant to say "AN/VRC-1" ? I've thought that was another
designation for an SCR-522 running in a vehicle for forward air controller,
airfield control, or other purposes.

Cheers,

IEA

Ian E. Abbott
i.k.abbott@attbi.com