[Milsurplus] Re: [ARC5] New addition

[LI WHA HO WALLY]

Mike.  I have owned a C 131/AR since 1959.... My
manual is dated 1 June 1945 and numberted AN
08-35C131-2 in case you would like to have a copy...
This manual tells you how to install the spot tuner to
an ARA or ARC-5... 73's WALLY  K5OP
--- Mike Hanz <AAF-Radio-1@cox.net> wrote:
> Finally returned from a month away with no e-mail
> and am slogging
> through the 1400 messages as I have time.  Below is
> some info I have on 
> the C-131 not in the manual.  The November 1945 ARMN
> writeup is actually 
> more interesting than the manual, since it describes
> some of the plans 
> and application for the receiver.  Somewhere I have
> notes that suggest 
> it was used only in the Pacific theater - and that
> after the war was 
> over - but I can't put a finger on it now.
> 
> http://members.cox.net/mymhh/C131_page_1.JPG
> http://members.cox.net/mymhh/C131_page_2.JPG
> http://members.cox.net/mymhh/C131_page_3.JPG
> 
> The ARR-15 came in at the tail end of the war.  The
> R-105(non-A) I have 
> here in the rig is the only one I've ever seen.  The
> contract appears to 
> be circa about June of 1945, judging from the
> contract numbers on either 
> side of it.  As Mike mentioned, it does not have an
> MF capability, but 
> by then many of the aircraft using the ART-13 were
> also using Bendix nav 
> receivers to cover those frequencies anyway.
> 
> 73,
> Mike
> 
> Morrow, Michael A. wrote:
>  > David Stinson wrote of the R-27/ARC-5, C-131/AR:
>  >
>  >
>  >> The set was specifically designed to be used
> with the ART-13
>  >> transmitter...
>  >
>  >
>  > David's posting is the most information I've ever
> seen on this
>  > arrangement.  Thanks!  (I was tempted to bid on
> the item too.)
>  >
>  > It's always seemed odd to me that the USN had
> only a jury-rigged
>  > hodge-podge of receivers to go with the excellent
> ATC during and just
>  > after WWII, except for those few USN
> installations which used the
>  > USAAF's BC-348-x.  The ARB, the RAX, the ARC-5
> units as David
>  > described, (and even a RU wouldn't surprise
> me)...all USN HF aircraft
>  > receivers are somewhat ill-matched to the
> AN/ART-13 until the
>  > R-105/ARR-15 came along after the war.  Does
> anyone have any info on
>  > the earliest deployment of the AN/ARR-15?
>  >
>  > Yet, even the AN/ARR-15 is not fully capable of
> matching AN/ART-13
>  > capabilities.  It has no coverage in the LF/MF
> band to match the O-16
>  > and -17/ART-13, and CW mode is not selectable
> remotely as it is on
>  > the AN/ART-13.
>  >
>  > I suppose without doubt, the best receiver match
> in any service for
>  > the AN/ART-13 during WWII was the BC-348-x
> (AN/ARR-11).
>  >
>  > Mike / KK5F
> 
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