[ARC5] 4 transmitter rack FT-331-A

WA5CAB at cs.com WA5CAB at cs.com
Fri Jul 6 13:25:45 EDT 2012


Yes.  The 4-receiver racks were CBY-46111 and the shock mounts CBY-46112.

In a message dated 07/06/2012 12:13:10 PM Central Daylight Time, 
ross at hypertools.com writes: 
> I have seen two other FT-331 racks, both the other ones were bare 
> aluminum.
> 
> All had 'high' serial numbers like this one, maybe FT-331 S/Ns started 
> at 2200 or some other high number.
> 
> I bet this 'dachshund' rack would buckle if it went through a hard 
> landing while carrying four transmitters.
> 
> 
> 
> Does anyone have an RAV manual?  Didn't the RAV set consist of eight 
> receivers?  Did the RAV set come in two each 4-wide racks?
> 
> Mike Hanz' photos of the "Type-K" Command Sets in storage at the 
> Smithsonian show a full-up 4-wide receiver rack -  what pretty little 
> radios they are!  Where else have you seen an octal socket with a mica 
> insulator?
> 
> 
> 
> 73
> Dave Ross    N7EPI

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