[ARC5] History and Context of the ARC-5 sets

[Jim Haynes]

On Mon, 7 Jun 2010, J. Forster wrote:

> I think the ability of interchanging radios, depending on local conditions
> and mission requirements, makes quite a bit of sense. If an airframe had
> both sets of antennas installed, I'd thing the VHF could be swapped in or
> out in an hour or so.
>
> I don't know of an HF set than can be swapped with an SCR-522.
>
Or even if the switch was just one-way, from HF to VHF and never going
back, it would have been a lot easier with the VHF ARC-5 components
rather than having to install the SCR-522 with its different mounting
requirements.