[ARC5] Bare Aluminum USN sets.

[J. Forster]

It was flagged as a joke, but, in fact, it is pretty hard to imagine a
little surface corrosion would significantly alter a radio's performance.

-John

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> Possibly - it's an approach that is often used in today's world,
> otherwise known as risk management. Basically it's a value judgement,
> sometimes based on statistics on how likely damage might be to occur,
> versus the cost of simply being reactive to such damage - if and when it
> occurs - and paying the price.  The problem with using that technique on
> military gear is that the price may not be so easily quantifiable when
> you are talking about preserving the life of a highly trained airman.
> It also then brings up the question of why 99% of the other Navy radio
> equipment was specified with black wrinkle paint, with a salt spray
> sub-specification?  That sounds relatively proactive to me. :-\
>
>   - Mike
>
> On 10/19/2012 9:49 AM, J. Forster wrote:
>> Maybe because they figured the plane would crash or be shot down, long
>> before the radio could corrode?  :)
>>
>> -John
>>> Mike wrote:
>>>
>>> "It makes one wonder why the WECO AN/ARR-2 wasn't also produced in bare
>>> aluminum."
>>>
>>> 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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