[ARC5] R-124 ARC-5

[Dennis Monticelli]

Thank you for the information, Robert.  I erred in reporting the number.

The marking is R-148.  How is that different from the R-23, other than
14V filament wiring?


On 4/8/06, WA5CAB at cs.com <WA5CAB at cs.com> wrote:
> Dennis,
>
>  I've never come across an R-124/ARC-5X nor any mention of it.  And likewise
> for any 14 volt version of the R-24/ARC-5.  Several of of us have or have
> seen the R-148/ARC-5X (the 14 volt version of the R-23) and it is covered in
> the later revisions of the AN/ARC-5 manuals.  Could you post the text
> complete from the nameplate?
>
>  Also, on terminology, VLF is 3 to 30 KHz (KC).  Despite Young Bill gigging
> me sometimes when I say never, I'll stick my neck out and say that there
> were never any VLF Command Set receivers built.  The R-23 was LF/MF,  and
> the R-24 and R-25 were MF.  The rest were HF or VHF.  If you throw in the
> early WW-II and just pre-war sets (RAT, RAT-1, RAV, ATA/ARA, SCR-274N, ),
> you get LF through VHF sets, but only HF 14 volt ones.
>
>
>  In a message dated 4/8/2006 9:56:18 PM Central Daylight Time,
> dennis.monticelli at gmail.com writes:
>
> Could one of you educate me on this version of ARC-5 VLF receiver?  It
>  appears to be an R-24 with filaments wired for 14V instead of 28V.
>  Any other differences?
>
>
>  Robert Downs - Houston
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