[ARC5] WWII Navy Control Tower Radio

[Mike Morrow]

Jay wrote:

> Well you have probably seen photos of AN/ARR-2, AN/ARC-5 HF and AN/ARC-5 VHF
> all in the same rack.

Like this:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ARC-5_RCVR.jpg
            http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ARC-5_XMIT.jpg
            http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ARC-5_ACC.jpg
            http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ARC-5_NAV.jpg

> The Mast may well be the AN-104-* VHF antenna.

The AN-104-* was certainly an excellent mast with flat VSWR all across the
100 to 156 MHz spectrum of WWII VHF sets.  It appears to have been the
most common VHF aircraft mast for both the USAAF and the USN.  The USN
also had the AT-8/AR which is a single rod antenna.  I have never been
able to find an AT-8.  I can't imagine that its single rod design could
have a flat VSWR, the really nice feature of the very broadband flat mast
of the AN-104-*.

Mike / KK5F