[ARC5] Usage of large command set racks?

[D C *Mac* Macdonald]

As U said, I lost out on an auction for a 4-receiver rack.

The info I sent was excerpted from a list/file on the
http://www.armyradio.com website.

Mac, K2GKK/5


----Original Message Follows----
From: "Mike Morrow" <kk5f at earthlink.net>
To: "D C *Mac* Macdonald" <k2gkk at hotmail.com>,<arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [ARC5] Usage of large command set racks?
Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 13:05:40 -0500

Mac wrote:

 >FT-264     Four receiver rack
 >FT-278     Four receiver shock mount
 >FT-276     Three transmitter rack
 >FT-262     Three transmitter shock mount
 >FT-331     Four transmitter rack
 >FT-332     Four transmitter shock mount

Hi Mac,


T.O. 12R2-3SCR274-2 of 25 July 1956 indicates that the three transmitter
racks and mounts were not (yet) manufactured at the time of publication.
I'll bet there were precious few of the four-receiver racks/mounts either.

 >MT-66     Four receiver shock mount
 >MT-67     Four receiver rack
 >MT-72     Three transmitter shock mount
 >MT-73     Three transmitter rack
 >MT-74     Four transmitter shock mount
 >MT-75     Four transmitter rack

I would think all of these to be great rarities, if even all were ever
actually manufactured.

I suspect Mike Hanz is our best authority on these and may even have a few.
The only one of any of these that I've ever seen (in photos) is the
FT-331-A.

73,
Mike / KK5F