[ARC5] TCS (& other equipment) spare/running parts?

[WA5CAB at cs.com]

Could be.  Another possibility that occurs to me is that it might have 
depended on the contractor or subcontractor and what they were used to building.

In a message dated 5/18/2011 3:46:45 PM Central Daylight Time, 
wrcromwell at gmail.com writes: 
> Bob Said
> >
> >TCS spare parts kits came in haze gray steel boxes, as did those for most 
> 
> >shipboard gear.  ATA/ARA and some other aircraft set spares came in haze 
> gray 
> >wooden boxes. Although a few aircraft set spares boxes were steel (ARD is 
> 
> >one I know of).  Size of the boxes varies considerably.  The spares boxes 
> 
> >tend to approximate the size of the radios or other equipment.  Although 
> the 
> >ATA/ARA one could be said to be closer to the size of a typical 
> installation 
> >(2 or three receivers and 1 or 2 transmitters).  As the aircraft spares 
> were 
> >not carried in the aircraft, 
> 
> **I've no idea how they decided whether to use steel or wood.**
> 
> >Robert &Susan Downs - Houston
> >wa5cab dot com (Web Store)
> >MVPA 9480
> 
> 
> Hi Bob,
> 
> It probably had something to do with availability the week of
> production. Just a wild guess.
> 
> 73,
> 
> Bill  KU8H
> 

Robert & Susan Downs - Houston
wa5cab dot com (Web Store)
MVPA 9480