[ARC5] Bare Aluminum USN sets.

[J. Forster]

Maybe because they figured the plane would crash or be shot down, long
before the radio could corrode?  :)

-John

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> Mike wrote:
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> "It makes one wonder why the WECO AN/ARR-2 wasn't also produced in bare
> aluminum."
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> That's an easy one, and the answer is because they were purchased under a
> Navy contract to Navy specifications.
> The real question is: Why did the Navy put up with un-painted VHF ARC-5s?
> Materials shortage maybe??
> Or maybe because many Tx's were converted from the SCR-274N  flavor of VHF
> equipment??
> J. Horn KA7GKP
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