[ARC5] 10-Meter 274N RX - The 20-27 RAT-1

[Mike Everette]

One of my receivers is a 13.5-20 mc RAT with a serial number below 20 if memory serves me.  I have not looked at it in a while but could dig it out.  Not interested in selling it at this point.

73

Mike
W4DSE

--- On Sat, 2/9/13, David Stinson <arc5 at ix.netcom.com> wrote:

> From: David Stinson <arc5 at ix.netcom.com>
> Subject: Re: [ARC5] 10-Meter 274N RX - The 20-27 RAT-1
> To: "arc5 mail list" <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
> Date: Saturday, February 9, 2013, 12:13 AM
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: john rose <brokenthumb at live.com>
> 
> >The ARC 5 manual AN 16-30ARC5-2 lists which series
> are/are not 
> >interchangeable with the ARC 5. It says, 
> >"The receiver units of Model RAT (13.5-27 mc) 
> >equipment were designed for 12-volt operation, 
> >and therefore may not be used in the receiver racks 
> >of the 24-volt.....". Is this correct?
> 
> A.R.C. produced 50 sets of RAT, which operated on 12 VDC,
> and 50 sets of RAT-1, which operated on 24 VDC.
> A "set" was two receivers, a rack, control box and
> accessories.
> The one I've been fiddling with just now is RAT-1.
> There is an (in)famous surplus sales add out there
> somewhere that says they have some hundreds of "RAT"
> sets to sell.  This is matter of mis-identification
> by someone doing inventory without knowledge of his stock.
> That only 50 sets each were built is confirmed.
> Less than ten of each of the four models of 
> RAT and RAT-1 receivers are known to have survived.
> IIRC, only 5 of the 20-27 RAT sets are known 
> to still exist. 
> 
> GL ES 73 DE Dave AB5S
> 
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