[ARC5] [Milsurplus] ARC-5 Receiver Question

[WA5CAB at cs.com]

I didn't say that all -B's were aluminum.  I said that if it was aluminum 
it's a -B.  I had a black BC-455-B as well.  

In a message dated 2/17/2010 1:50:35 AM Central Standard Time, 
wh7hg.hi at gmail.com writes: 
> On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 8:41 PM,  <WA5CAB at cs.com> wrote:
> >The other question to ask is what color is it?  If aluminum, AFAIK it has
> >to be a BC-454-B.
> 
> Not all the -B equipment was aluminum since I have a BC-455B that's
> black wrinkle.  From what I can tell, the very early equipment and the
> very late equipment was black wrinkle while the tweeners were bare
> metal.
> 
> On tubes: Early equipment was built with metal tubes while later
> SCR-274-N receivers were built with glass tubes.  Glass was also used
> sometimes during maintenance when metal wasn't available, although it
> wasn't really authorized.  (So whatcha gonna do, do what you're
> supposed to or get the equipment running?)
> 
> I have also had AN/ARC-5 receivers pulled out of aircraft with glass
> tubes in place of metal although I don't recall that any were
> originally built that way.
> 

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