[ARC5] ARC-5 R23A

[J. Forster]

Have any list members contributed to the Wiki article? IMO it is well done.

-John

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> 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?
>
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