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

[Mike Everette]

I vaguely remember reading something, somewhere, that referred to the RAV as having been installed in airships... blimps?  

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: "Mike Everette" <radiocompass at yahoo.com>, "arc5 mail list" <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
> Date: Saturday, February 9, 2013, 11:00 AM
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Everette" <radiocompass at yahoo.com>
> 
> > Were there ever any 9-13.5 receivers manufactured?
> 
> 48 were produced under RAV nomenclature.
> Gordon White is the only person I know who has ever seen
> one, and that was long ago and the set was wrecked-out.
> None are known to have survived;  I consider that set
> to be the "Holy Grail" of Command Set collecting.
> I wouldn't sell one of my daughters for one.... I think....
> ......   well......
> 
> In fact, of the 48 sets of 8 RAV receivers each that were
> built, I know of only 4 individual receivers
> in private hands, and two of them were
> prototypes.   There is a story- though from a
> creditable witness- that all the RAVs were dumped in the
> Med, replaced by RAX, but no documentation exists.  I
> own one RAV dynamotor.
> 
> 73 DE Dave AB5S
> 
>