[ARC5] RAT-1 Contract information

[David Stinson]

Outstanding find, John!
Thanks for letting us know.
My RAT-1s need a box.  What's on your "wish" list?

John McCarty wrote:
> 
> Hello.
> 
> 
>             If someone is still collecting contract numbers and dates 
> from pieces of equipment, I have
>             a data point that is new to me. I picked up a hacked bc-946 
> at the Gray's Lake hamfest on
>             Sunday. I grabbed it because it had what I thought was a 
> ft-260 local adapter in the front.
>             Didn't look at it too closely, so when I got home and pulled 
> the unit out (no screws), I saw
>             that it wasn't the Army unit, but instead the adapter for a 
> RAT-1. The unit is stamped:
> 
> 
>                SWITCH PANEL
> 
>                 TYPE CBY-23154
> 
>                      WEIGHT .3 lbs
> 
> ----------------------------------------------
> A UNIT OF MODEL RAT-1 EQUIPMENT
> ----------------------------------------------
> 
> 
>             <<boiler plate>>
> 
> 
> CONTRACT NOs-67258                DATE 24 JUNE 1939
> 
> 
> The serial number space on the top is blank, on the the front of the 
> unit is a plate that states
> the serial number is 14
> 
> 
> 
> Anyway, I would place my chances at ever finding a RAT rx to plug this 
> into some where between
> slim and nil. So if a RAT collector out there is interested, I'm open to 
> trades.
> 
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>                                 73
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>                                                                         
>                                             John n9hrt
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