[ARC5] CBY-46104 Receiver - Command Set Navigators

[D C *Mac* Macdonald]

I realize that today it is considered blasphemy,
but the 1.5-3.0 receiver made a great 2nd I.F.
for amateur band mobile converters.  While
its I.F. was higher than that of the venerable
BC-453/R-23 Q-5er, it offered considerably
better selectivity (plus a BFO) than the typical
automobile broadcast receiver.  I used mine
with a Morrow 5BR-1 converter for quite a few
years back in the late 1950s.  Thinking back on
it, it did quite a bit better than any other receiver
I had until I bought my first new receiver, a
Hammarlund HQ-145X, in 1962.

Mine got crushed in a tornado in May 1999 and
its remains now rest in a huge landfill along with
a bunch of other gear.

73 - Mac, K2GKK/5
Oklahoma City, OK



----Original Message Follows----
From: Mike Morrow <kk5f at earthlink.net>
Reply-To: Mike Morrow <kk5f at arrl.net>
To: Dennis Monticelli <dennis.monticelli at gmail.com>
CC: ARC5 at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [ARC5] CBY-46104 Receiver - Command Set Navigators
Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2007 11:18:55 -0500 (GMT-05:00)

 >I presume the 1.5 to 3 Mc model was used for
 > communication rather than navigation.

The AN/ARC-5 manuals for the near equivalent
R-25/ARC-5 1.5 to 3.0 mc receiver defines it and
the R-26 3.0 to 6.0 mc and R-27 6.0 to 9.1 mc
receivers as communications receivers, while the
R-23 .19 to .55 mc and R-24 .52 to 1.5 mc
receivers are defined as navigation receivers.

>>>>    SNIPPED HERE   <<<<

Mike / KK5F