[ARC5] VHF, HF, and LF ARC-5s in one installation

[Mike Morrow]

I wrote:

>That gave way in the late 1940s to early 1950s to substituting a
>VHF AM transmitter, but still using the LF/MF receiver.

For what it's worth, the A.R.C. Type 11A system catered to this need.
It consisted of a T-11A five-channel VHF transmitter and a R-11A
beacon band receiver, plus loop, whip, and wire antennas, plus control box.

I suspect even this simple A.R.C. system was likely too expensive and unwieldy
to have had much appeal to the typical private aircraft owner.  He could
buy from reputable manufacturers like GE, Motorola, Bendix, and others an 
all-in-one box beacon band and broadcast band receiver with multi-channel
VHF AM transmitter for about $200 (less than $2000 of today's dollars).  I'll 
bet that was a small fraction of what the A.R.C. equivalent (without BCB!)
cost, and was lighter, smaller, and simpler to install to boot.

Mike / KK5F