[ARC5] Re: [Milsurplus] whiskers

[Bob Macklin]

I was in the USAF from 1952 to 1958.

We still had BC-253s and the ARC-5 VHF units still in service.

We referred to all of them as GENERIC "ARC-5s".

I was in both the 8th AF and the 12th AF. Both were parts of SAC.

Bob Macklin
K5MYJ
Seattle, Wa,
"Real Radios Glow in the Dark"
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jack Antonio" <scr287 at sbcglobal.net>
To: <gewhite at crosslink.net>
Cc: "Milsurplus" <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>; "Hue Miller"
<kargo_cult at msn.com>; "Mike Hanz" <AAF-Radio-1 at aafradio.org>; "ARC-5"
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Subject: Re: [ARC5] Re: [Milsurplus] whiskers


> I find myself curious about the statement of 8th AF use of
> AN/ARC-5 equipment. Are there any further details, such as
> which specific pieces of AN/ARC-5 gear? HF or VHF?
>
> Could this be related to the AAF problems with the
> development of the VHF components of the SCR-274N?
>
>
> Jack
>
> Jack Antonio WA7DIA
> scr287 at sbcglobal.net
>
>
> Gordon White wrote:
> > The first mention I saw of whiskers growing on plated surfaces was in a
> > 1944 (I believe) technical report in the Aircraft Radio Corp.  papers
> > regarding service failures in the 8th AF in Europe of AN/ARC-5 type
> > equipment. The time it took the whiskers to grow between variable
> > capacitor plates was relatively short - on the order of a few weeks in
> > high-altitude service.
> > - Gordon White
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