[ARC5] ARB Modifications

[J. Forster]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Massachusetts_(BB-59)

-John

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> Did any WW2 battleship from any nation even mount 15 big guns?
>
> I don't think any of the US ship carried more than 3 to a turret, and did
> any (maybe the Iowa class?) have more than 3 turrets?
>
> Sure, it's still a lot of firepower.
>
> But the only connection I note between battleships and ARBs is -- PERHAPS
> -- the receivers carried aboard the OS2U Kingfisher scout planes (that is,
> if they carried the ARB instead of the RU).
>
> For those close enough, the USS North Carolina in Wilmington hosts
> periodic classes on such topics as the ship's propulsion/power systems,
> and the armament.  There may be a class in the works to cover the
> communications and radar, "coming soon."  These are all-day events, and
> are VERY well done.  Check out www.battleshipnc.com for details.
>
> 73
>
> Mike
> W4DSE
>
> --- On Fri, 11/2/12, Geoff <geoffrey at jeremy.mv.com> wrote:
>
>> From: Geoff <geoffrey at jeremy.mv.com>
>> Subject: Re: [ARC5] ARB Modifications
>> To: "Michael A. Bittner" <mmab at cox.net>, kgordon2006 at frontier.com, "Tim"
>> <timsamm at gmail.com>, "Ian Wilson" <ianmwilson73 at gmail.com>
>> Cc: Arc5 at mailman.qth.net
>> Date: Friday, November 2, 2012, 4:19 PM
>> Not even 1.5" in reality even with a
>> 15 gun battleship broadside.
>> http://www.navweaps.com/index_tech/tech-022.htm
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> > Not likely any ricebox can survive the MIL-S-901 hammer
>> blow test.  But
>> > then, you are not firing guns from your shack that move
>> it 15 feet
>> > sideways.
>> > Mike, W6MAB
>> >  ----- Original Message -----
>> >  From: Kenneth G. Gordon
>> >  To: Tim ; Ian Wilson
>> >  Cc: Arc5 at mailman.qth.net
>> >  Sent: Friday, November 02, 2012 12:39 PM
>> >  Subject: Re: [ARC5] ARB Modifications
>> >
>> >
>> >  On 2 Nov 2012 at 11:22, Ian Wilson wrote:
>> >
>> >  > Radios that have no uPs or LCD displays are
>> doomed also. Most of the
>> >  > logic that drives 7-segment LED displays
>> (not to mention the displays
>> >  > themselves) is difficult to find and
>> replace. And anything with a
>> >  > custom PLL is toast.
>> >
>> >  Yup.
>> >
>> >  > Not *quite* fair to compare these rigs with
>> those designed to
>> >  > withstand the shocks from 70-pound shells
>> being fired from the same
>> >  > structure, though :)
>> >
>> >  Well.....that depends on your viewpoint, I guess.
>> Fair, is fair. (Hee
>> > hee!) :-)
>> >
>> >  Ken W7EKB
>> > 
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