[ARC5] [Milsurplus] Unusual Command Set type rcvr I saw, 13.5-20 MHz

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Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Unusual Command Set type rcvr I saw, 13.5-20 MHz


> Very few were built.  Dave S. has the production figures   But it was as I
> recall either 50 each of RAT and RAT-1 or 100 each.  And about 100 of RAV
> (28 Volt only).

50 RAT and 50 RAT-1 sets.
>From the sketchy info I have:  only 46 of the RAVs were completed.
G.E. got the money for RAX instead.    A now-gone-to-Glory
vet reported that the RAVs got into large scouting craft like
the PBY, but got deep-sixed in the Med when RAV arrived.

Surviving RAV sets are the rarest production sets;
no more than one or two receivers of any model are known to
survive, and I know of no accessories.
Only the "unique" sets, like prototypes and those marked
with  the "M-in-Circle" A.R.C. morgue marking,
are more rare than anything for the RAV.

The "Holy Grail" of Command Set collecting would be
the 9-13.5 MC RAV set.  Only Gordon has ever seen one,
and it long ago went into the gathering darkness...

73 Dave S. AB5S