[ARC5] Help needed: PT boat restoration.
Mike Morrow
kk5f at earthlink.net
Fri Jun 28 11:17:50 EDT 2013
> I looked this up. The ARC-4 is described as a VHF radio
> for aircraft, was it also used on PT boats?
It is not unusual then, or now, for sets designated for other
usage to find regular application to other types of service.
This is especially true of aircraft sets, whose small size makes
them adaptable to many other applications.
Yes, sets like the AN/ARC-4 and AN/ARC-1 found shipboard service.
Aircraft IFF sets also showed up on many naval craft in WWII, and
much later. My submarine used the AN/APX-44 IFF set when I first
came aboard, and that was upgraded to AN/APX-72 before I left.
There are many other examples.
Mike / KK5F
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