[ARC5] Help needed: PT boat restoration.

[millerke6f at aol.com]

Commentaries on WWII Communications Equipment be it junk or jewel or even a really bad design seems to bring out the vitriol among some list members.  From a purely emotional standpoint the best that could be said about most of the equipment produced and fielded during the first year or so of WWII is that it kept our forces together and somewhat functional until  better designed and manufactured stuff could make it to the armed forces.  Even though the BC-191 was a really archaic design, it along with its airborne BC-375 did well and saw service in all theaters of operation.  That it was overproduced in the 1000's is surely illustrated in all the surplus adverts after the war.  Was a BC-375 a piece of junk in 1950.  Yes indeed (even though it was a good looking piece of gear).  Oddly the SCR-274N series were a much better design and easier to use,but some AAF planners said that the preference was for the VHF am rigs like the SCR-522 of British design. Armored units wanted FM rigs even if they were converted Fred Link civilian land mobile sets.
I had by chance caught the film "A Bridge Too Far" based on Montgomery's Market Garden Fiasco and by far the inability to communicate due to lack of frequency coordination (crystals) was a critical failure of bad radio design coupled with the British Military's inability to even tie its shoes without a standing order.  By WWII's end technology and the industry were fielding advanced designs like the ART-13, The R-105/ARR15 and a host of other radios that made earlier systems look like Tin Can Phones.  But all this junk has kept us hams busy for well over 60 years and is fodder for an infinite number of arguments, tirades, and often comical but sometimes vitriolic rants.... smile folks
73
Bob, KE6F



-----Original Message-----
From: Jay Coward <jcoward5452 at aol.com>
To: kgordon2006 <kgordon2006 at frontier.com>; ARC5 <ARC5 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thu, Jun 27, 2013 4:13 pm
Subject: Re: [ARC5] Help needed: PT boat restoration.



And how is the term "junk" justified ?  By "hams" or by it's service record ?
 Inquiring minds would like to know since I have one with various bits to make a 
working display.
 With p-p 6L6 modulator the audio should be adequate. Originally a civilian set 
pressed into service like many other equipments at WWII outbreak.

Jay KE6PPF


-----Original Message-----
From: Kenneth G. Gordon <kgordon2006 at frontier.com>
To: ARC5 <ARC5 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thu, Jun 27, 2013 3:17 pm
Subject: [ARC5] Help needed: PT boat restoration.


Gents:

I have been contacted by a friend of the team near Portland, Oregon which is 
restoring a WWII PT boat. They want it to be complete as possible.

They have a TCS-13, but need some parts, and possibly a manual. The part 
they are needing at the moment (there may be more later) is the antenna 
knife switch.

The other piece of equipment they need is an ARC-4. I told their intermediary 
that the ARC-4 was a total piece of garbage, but, apparently, they insist that 
is what they want.

They have, at last report, made up the interconnect cables for the ARC-4, 
but need the unit itself and any supporting bits. They also may need a 
complete manual.

I have pointed them to Robert Downs for the manuals.

I will know more later this week, but in the meantime, could any of you 
please advise about the above needs? I will gladly pass on any suggestions 
you care to make.

Might there be another resource I should contact?

Thanks, and vy 73,

Kenneth G. Gordon W7EKB

"Courage is being scared to death but saddling up anyway."--- John   Wayne

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