[ARC5] Dynaverters and P-12 base

[Steve Williams]

John wrote:
> Does anyone know what a P-12 Power Unit was used for?
> It's clearly post WW II and painted the light gray color with an 8 pin ARC
14050
> mating connector (white plastic), On top is a standard 3 pin connector for
the
> ARC-5 type dynos. Right now, there is a DY-10A 28 VDC input Dynoverter on
it.
> I'd guess there are some capacitors and possibly other components inside,
but
> I've not removed the Glyptalled screws.

  I'm not positive of this as I'm not all that familiar with that series of
equipment but I'll take a stab at it. I believe it was used to power a
CV-431/T366 combination.  The dynamotor provided HV for the CV-431 uhf
transverter, and the little low power T-366 vhf crystal controlled
transmitter. The P-12 was used when a vhf receiver was NOT included in the
set. If the vhf receiver was used, it would provide HV from it's dyno. I'm
sure there were other equipment combinations as well.

Steve
KB4DMF