[ARC5] Command Sets and Other Rarities

[Jack Antonio]

On 2/28/2013 2:15 PM, Mike Morrow wrote:

> The following remarks assume that a historically accurate installation of
> a "command set" with a three-receiver rack and a two-transmitter rack

> (used with the BC-946-B and AN/ARR-1 homing adapter, and different from the
> late ARA and AN/ARC-5 equivalent).

Two other items to add,

One. The RC-96 "Pipsqueak" system. I don't know how historically
significant it is, meaning how much did the AAF use it, but it
was a part of some fighter installations. I seem to recall that
it was installed in some P-40s, and shipped with (but not installed in)
the early P-47s sent to England. I've never seen any documented combat 
usage of the system by the USAAF.

Two. The RC-32 range filter system. I don't know if it saw combat
usage(were there any A-N ranges in Europe or the Pacific?), but 
certainly it would have been installed in a fighter or
trainer installation in the CONUS.

> Even correct RU/GF and SCR-183/283 command sets can be a economic challenge.

Especially the transmitter tubes for the SCR-187/287 and SCR-183/283.

> I guess the pursuit is part of the fun.  Without ebay, nothing would be
> possible.

Some of my more rare goodies were found at the SLO MRCG meet, but
overall, eBay was the primary source.

Jack Antonio WA7DIA/4