[ARC5] ARC-5 R23A

[Mike Hanz]

Dave's just a little sensitive, Mike. :-)   I took a shot at tweaking 
the couple of paragraphs that address the use of VHF, in an attempt to 
reduce the ambiguity of the issue.  See what you think.  Overall, the 
article seemed very well done to me.

On 4/5/2012 3:25 PM, Mike Morrow wrote:
> Ken wrote:
>> You would find this link:
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AN/ARC-5
>> of interest. It is pretty well done.
> Dave wrote:
>> Yes, except that it propagates the cursed myth of  "VHF replaced HF
>> during the war," which is absolutely FALSE, especially concerning
>> the Navy.  Document after document and source after source has
>> proven this immortal evil zombie idea to be nonsense and still-no
>> matter how many silver bullets and oaken stakes e drive into its evil
>> heart.... it... will... not..... DIE..... ;-)
> Mike Morrow wrote:
> I just printed out the article, and have gone through it slowly.
>
> Dave, I see *no* signs of any "VHF replaced HF" statements, nor even
> any such inference.  The only mention of VHF is of the R-28 and T-23
> in a typical three-receiver, two-transmitter AN/ARC-5 system along
> *with* a MF/HF receiver and transmitter (and R-4/ARR-2).
>
> What am I missing?  The Wiki system allows editing by (one hopes
> knowledgeable) people, so one of us could fix whatever is inaccurate.
>
> Is it possible that this evil vampire does not, in fact, exist within
> the ARC-5 Wiki-crypt?