[ARC5] ARC-5 VHF in USAF Aircraft

[Kenneth G. Gordon]

On 29 Mar 2013 at 10:14, Michael A. Bittner wrote:

> Yes, I remember Washing Machine Charlie from the Baa Baa Black Sheep
> series on TV.
> 
> But I'm still trying to nail down what kind of VHF transceiver we had
> in those 1955 SNJs with the red pushbuttons on the channel selector
> control box.  Arc-5 or ARC-something else?

The C-118/ARC-3 control box had 8 red pushbuttons on it. Perhaps that is 
what you remember?

The much earlier SCR-522 also had a control box with red pushbuttons on it, 
but only 4.

The ARC-3s were used in many, many military aircraft up through about 
1960.

Ken W7EKB