[ARC5] ARC Signal Generator Type H-14A

[Tom Dawson]

Mike's comment puts me in mind of the following

>From "Book Of Anecdotes", a story told of former President and General, U.S. 
Grant:

Undistinguished and often shabby in appearance, Ulysses S. Grant did not 
recommend himself to strangers by looks. He once entered an inn at Galena, 
Illinois, on a stormy winter's night. A number of lawyers, in town for a 
court session, were clustered around the fire. One looked up as Grant 
appeared and said, "Here's a stranger, gentlemen, and by the looks of him 
he's traveled through hell itself to get here."

"That's right," said Grant cheerfully.

"And how did you find things down there?"

"Just like here," replied Grant, "lawyers all closest to the fire."



Probably apocryphal but well put.

On the H-14, if it were mine, I'd give it a good shot at resurrection as I 
always enjoyed making the old Nav rigs work.



73,









----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Tauson" <wh7hg.hi at gmail.com>
To: "Discussion of AN/ARC-5 military radio equipment." 
<arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2010 10:33 PM
Subject: Re: [ARC5] ARC Signal Generator Type H-14A


> On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 11:19 AM, Lloyd Godsey <kk7iz at cox.net> wrote:
>> ARC H-14/14A
>> Early VOR (vhf omni-range radio) and LOC (localizer generator.
>> Normally output LOC signals on 110.9 mcs and VOR signals on 114.9 mcs 
>> (mhz
>> hadn't been invented yet) Usually accompanied by a H-16 standard course 
>> checker
>> (used to calibrate modulation signals of H-14 and a H-23 glide slope 
>> converter
>> generator.  Will swap my front seat in hell and ride an apple box for an 
>> H-16.
>
> You may want to rethink that.  I'll be installing air conditioning
> when I go back.  :-)
>
>> Might be of interest to a collector of early aviation equipment.
>
> Or someone *ahem* when a huge interest in A.R.C. and is writing a book
> about the company.
>
>> I have 5 units and a manual.
>
> How much prying would it take to make that four with the fifth one
> here in the Grand and Glorious Peace and Freedom Loving Democratic
> Republic of Hawaii?
>
> BEst regards,
>
> Michael, WH7HG
> -- 
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> Hiki Nô!
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