[ARC5] Re: [Milsurplus] I need a FT-225-A Modulator Mounting Rack for a BC-456

[Mike Morrow]

Floyd wrote:

>I am in need of a FT-225-A Modulator Mounting Rack for the BC-456 Modulator 
>for an ARC-5 or Command Set.

Good luck.  It took me several years of assistance from list members and ebay searching to find a FT-225-A for my SCR-274-N and a MT-76/ARC-5 for my AN/ARC-5 sets.  None of the command set shock mounts are very common.

For what it's worth, the dynamotor/junction box for the AN/ARC-3 uses a very similar mount that works perfectly for the BC-456.  It is the MT-236(*)/ARC-3.  Some of the earlier MT-236 mounts are *identical* to the FT-225 except for being in natural aluminum finish and having heavier-duty shock units.  Later ones through the MT-236C get odder looking, but still work.

The AN/ARC-3 manual warns against using the FT-225 (with lighter shock units) in place of the MT-236, but there shouldn't be any problem using an MT-236 in place of a FT-225.

While the MT-236 isn't to be found just anywhere, it does seem to be more common than the FT-225.  As late as 2002, Fair Radio Sales had a few MT-236 mounts in their hoard of uncataloged odd items. That's where I got the one I used until I could find the correct one.

One thing leads to another, and now that MT-236 is part of my AN/ARC-3 set, its natural home!

73,
Mike / KK5F