[ARC5] R-11 and R-22 Receivers

Ken ken at wa0sbu.com
Sat Jul 2 17:25:08 EDT 2011


Thank you, I guess I never noticed they didn't have any tuning dials on 
them.  I bought a  bunch of radios from Fair Radio 30 or so years ago...
 
Kludge wrote:
> -----Original Message-----
> From: arc5-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:arc5-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On
> Behalf Of Ken
>   
>>    I was cleaning out one of my closets and found a couple of 
>> receivers.  One has a label of RECEIVER,RADIO R-22.  Has the red ARC 
>> emblem on it.  The other one is a R-11A.  No tuning controls.   I'm sure 
>> there is already info out there on them.  Just haven't found it yet...
>>     
>
> What would you like to know about them?  The R-11 covered 190-550 KC and was
> essentially an updated R-23A/ARC-5 sans BFO and dial.  (Okay, nitpickers, I
> know there are details I'm skipping but this is a thumbnail sketch!)  The
> R-22 was like the R-10, a Type-12 version of the R-24/ARC-5 covering
> .520-1500 KC.  R-11s are fairly common much like the SCR-274-N BC-453 and
> R-23(A)/ARC-5 while the R-10 & R-22 are somewhat less common but still are
> well outside the "rare" level.  All of them were navigation receivers with
> the R-11 also being used for comm when towers still transmitted on LF/MF
> frequencies.  
>
> I can send you the pinouts if you like.
>
> Oh, yeah.  The red ARC emblem was common throughout their pre-Cessna period
> with it becoming blue later after they started making the 300 and later
> series units.  I'm not entirely sure when the changeover took place.  
>
> Best regards,
>  
> Michael, WH7HG ex-K3MXO, ex-KN3MXO, WPE3ARS, BL01xh ex-Mensa A&P PP BGI 
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