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

[J. Forster]

Oops. Senior moment. I'd forgotten that the connectors on the Tx were different
between the RC-5 and the SCR-274. Thanks for the reminder.
-John

WA5CAB at cs.com wrote:

> John,
>
> Someone else will probably jump in with an exception (that they can't prove
> someone else didn't strip) but I'll stick my neck out and say that all AN/ARC-5
> components were originally painted black wrinkle, as were all of the Navy
> sets and the earlier SCR-274-N.  The plain aluminum finish units are all
> SCR-274-N.
>
> You cannot use the SCR-274-N transmitter racks with the AN/ARC-5 transmitters
> anyway (regardless of their color).  Wrong connector.  Nor can you use the
> MD-7/ARC-5 modulator with the other two sets nor vice versa.  So far as I can
> recall, the RAV, RAT, ATA/ARA and SCR-274-N components will all interchange
> regardless of color.
>