[ARC5] AN/ARC-4 useage

[David Stinson]

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From: <jcoward5452 at aol.com>
Subject:AN/ARC-4 useage


> Hi All,
>   Anyone have any documentation or anecdotle info regarding this 
> (subject) set?I have a book with a picture of the radio op position in 
> a PT Boat and there is an AN/ARC-4 up in an out-of- the- way location 
>  from the TCS set....
>   My interest is to try and recreate the radio system(s) as used on a PT 
> Boat.I have the TCS set and the ARC-4.I just have no "proof" that these 
> sets were used together in any vessle.....

IMHO, if you have a photo, you have all the "proof" you need.
"The Book" might say it was supposed to be done "this way,"
but research has show it was done every which-way.
Whatever was on hand that would do the job got installed,
including sets never intended for the application.
"The Book" says nothing about SCR-274N land-based use,
but we have photographic proof.  It says nothing about
installing SCR-287 in boats, but I have documentary evidence.
SCR-194 "probably never saw combat," but there it is 
on a radioman's back in combat in Italy.
Bendix MP-28 Dyno/Modulators won't work with 
SCR-274N radios, but there's the installtion in a P-38.

Trust your photo.
73 Dave S.