[ARC5] What a Terrible Shame

[J. Forster]

The VERY LAST thing I want to do is support, aid, or abet the hacking of
any military radio.

That said, in the 50s, Al Gore had not invented the Internet (flame
shields up) and if someone came into possession of something rare, they 
were almost certain not to know it was, in fact, rare.  Manuals were
scarce and copies were usually only a page or two. No Xerox, so scanning,
no .pdf, no email, ... Mimeo (which required re-typing) or offset
(expensive) ONLY.

Best,
-John

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> Dave wrote:
>
>> What a shame.... a rare set done like this.
>> 200414105804
>
> Mac wrote:
>
>>I certainly would guess that it was NOT rare when the deed was done.
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200414105804
>
> It *certainly* was extremely rare, when this hack job was done.
>
> How many ARA-2 CBY-46181 receivers has *anyone* on this list ever
> seen before???  Or ARA-1 or ARA-2 receivers of any sort?
>
> The common ARA equivalent was the CBY-46145.  The RAV equivalent
> was the CBY-46103.  I don't know what the ARA-1 equivalent was.
>
> Anything ARA-1 or ARA-2 has always been rare to the point of
> non-existence, even 65 years ago.
>
> Judging by the black nomenclature plate, the ARA-2 must have been
> a 12 vdc system.  Apparently, the ARA-1 and -2 were not closely
> equivalent to the later AN/ARC-5 receivers, because as seen in this
> example this ARA-2 does not have the loop connections and switch
> that were re-introduced with the R-24/ARC-5.  The original RAV
> CBY-46103 had those loop connections.  The ARA removed them.
>
> Mike / KK5F
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