[ARC5] U.S. WW II equipment

[Roy Morgan]

On Jul 2, 2013, at 7:34 AM, Mike Everette <radiocompass at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I still have an ARN-6 manual and will check it when I can put my hands on it, but the best of my recollection says there is no inverter used in the ARN-6 setup.  The AC for the loop and indicator comes from the receiver.

>>> And, the ARN-6 uses a vibrator to make high frequency
>> AC for the antenna and indicator selsyns.  Except it's not all that
>> high; maybe 130 cycles if
>>> I remember right.  It's been quite a while since I
>> worked on an ARN-6; but
>>> I remember that it was a darn fine radio…

Mike Everett Wrote:

I once built a bench setup for the ARN-6, and can't recall any requirement for external 400 cycle power. ...
The result was phenomenal. 

Mike / KK5F wrote:
It would not be hyperbole to call the AN/ARN-6 one of the great aircraft
radio sets of all time...used by every US military branch and many foreign
military organizations for almost three decades after introduction.


Thanks folks for the further info on the ARN-6.  From all this, it really sounds like I should get my radio running.  Anyone got a control (tuning) head for the thing?  I have nothing but the radio itself.  I got it at the Quonset Point junk yard in the very late 60's.

Roy

Roy Morgan
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