[ARC5] Some items for sale

[J. Forster]

True. One version (AYD or ARN) also used different connectors (not SO-239)
for the RF to the Rx and Tx.

-John

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> On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 7:30 PM,  <WA5CAB at cs.com> wrote:
>> Technically, that's not correct. Â The Navy version (the first model
>> built)
>> was the AYD. Â The AYD was modified and re-nomenclatured as AN/ARN-1,
>> usable
>> by USN and AAF. Â Which after mods to the JAN nomenclature system in
>> early
>> 1943 was again re-nomenclatured as AN/APN-1. Â As with ATC and other
>> administratively re-nomenclatured sets, not all hardware got new
>> nameplates and
>> some did not get new nomenclature.
>
> Memory serving (and we all know how well *that* works), the AYD &
> AN/ARN-1 only had a single range while the AN/APN-1 had two - 0-400
> and 0-4000 ft.  I think the earlier equipment only had the higher
> range.  However, I think the actual units may have been identical and
> the only differences being in the indicator with the AN/APN-1 having a
> switch to change range.
>
> Oh, well ... back to avoiding orange crocodiles ... :-)
>
> BEst regards,
>
> Michael, WH7HG
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