[ARC5] Re: [Milsurplus] ARC-5 production data

[J. Forster]

WA5CAB at cs.com wrote:

> OK.  Then in that case, I'd consider the rest of your collection.  The
> SCR-274-N was an Army Air Force set.  The AN/ARC-5, although a Joint set and used by
> USAF after the War, was primarily procurred by the Navy.  It developed from a
> follow-on to the ATA/ARA.  So I would say that it would be more at home with
> an AN/ART-13 and ARB than with a BC-375 and BC-348.  In fact, one of the
> system diagrams in the AN/ARC-5 maintenance manuals includes the ARB.  And it fits
> in better with the AN/ARR-2 than does the SCR-274-N.

That kinda follows my own thinking. I already have a NIB/NOS ARC-5 Modulator and Dyno,
some Rxs, control boxes and all of an NOS ART-13A, except for the TX itself. Also I
really prefer the black paint to the unpainted aluminum.

The real problem is likely to be the Tx and Rx racks.  Do you know if it was common to
use the aluminum racks with the black painted gear?

I'm thinking of trying to duplicate a system from the ARC-5 manual (initially a Command
system, perhaps growing into a Liaison system if a really nice ART-13A turns up)

Thanks,
-John