[ARC5] Strange LF Set? A Little More

[Mike Morrow]

I wrote:

> The item shown in the auction is obviously just a common R-23 or R-23A, or a
> rare R-148.

I could have continued with "...or a really really really rare RAV CBY-46102".
Which would be a damned shame!

> The actual power adapter shown in the auction is the CBY-62036 from the ARA
> system.

That should have been CCT-62036 (Stromberg-Carlson rather than A.R.C.)

> There are also some screws missing, and the top cover itself may be from an
> SCR-274-N unit.

The whole top cover assembly is definitely SCR-274-N.  Note the tube type markings
like "VT-131".  SIgnal Corps VT designations are never found on AN/ARC-5 sets except 
on BC-942 VHF receivers that were converted to R-28/ARC-5 VHF receivers, and maybe
BC-950 VHF transmitters that were converted to T-23/ARC-5 VHF transmitters.

Mike / KK5F



>
>> I don't suppose there is any reason someone could not have taken an adapter
>> and plugged it into an LF set.
>
>Why not?  It happened very frequently in real military use.  There is also
>a less frequently seen audio adapter panel called the MX-19/ARC-5 that
>interfaced between the R-23*/ARC-5 used as an ILS localizer receiver and
>the short-lived AN/ARN-9 "Air-Track" ILS system.
>
>FWIW, the complete set of AN/ARC-5 receiver adapters are:
>
>C-24/ARC-5 local control adapter
>MX-19/ARC-5 ILS (AN/ARN-9) adapter
>MX-20/ARC-5 Homing (AN/ARR-1) or general purpose power adapter
>MX-21/ARC-5 Standard (except for R-24) remote control adapter.
>
>Mike / KK5F
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