[ARC5] R-26/ARC-5

[Mike Hanz]

Mike Morrow wrote:

>>...before the set was re-installed in the aircraft.
>>
>
>I suspect that it was more common to set the frequency of a lock-tuned
>receiver while the unit was installed in the aircraft.  
>

In terms of procedural statistics Mike is probably correct, though if a 
repaired receiver was to be reinstalled in an aircraft that already had 
its transmitters adjusted and locked, an LM-** or the O-4/ARC-5 might 
also have been used as an alternative.

>The only control available on the remote control boxes for a locked-tuned
>receiver is sensitivity/volume (NO frequency, BFO, or power).  There is
>a somewhat scarce single locked-tuned receiver control (C-27/ARC-5), but
>the most common control box that was used with lock-tuned receivers is 
>the C-38/ARC-5.  It has controls for the AN/ARR-2 homing receiver, plus
>audio controls for the R-28 VHF receiver and up to two lock-tuned
>MF/HF receivers.
>

A good rundown by Mike above.  Some amplification on the subject is at 
http://aafradio.org/flightdeck/arc5-3.htm for those who are into such 
things.

73,
Mike