[ARC5] If I Were a Rich Man..."T" cable fittings

J. Forster jfor at quikus.com
Mon Nov 4 17:46:54 EST 2013


Hi Mike,

Thanks for a cogent, non-snotty, answer to a legit question. I'm quite
willing to believe it's a Type 12 accessory, and backwards compatible..

Is it electrically possible to daisy-chain Type 12 CBs? AFAIK, the ARB is
the only WWII airborn receiver that can have multiple control points.

-John

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> I've never found any reference to a tuning cable tee for the AN/ARC-5 or
> earlier command sets, but the postwar Type 12 series had one...part
> number 14603, used for daisy chaining two control boxes to either the
> receiver or to the L-10A loop antenna.  It's shown with Army and Navy
> analogs for the larger 1930s cables at
> http://aafradio.org/flightdeck/ARC_14603_tee.jpg
>
> John, there was never a military designation for the #14603 as far as
> I've been able to find, though ARC did produce an improved version of
> the MC-215 elbow and relabled it the ARC #16158.
>   - Mike  KC4TOS
>
> On 11/4/2013 1:52 PM, J. Forster wrote:
>> I've only seen the larger size, for the MN-26 for example, not the
>> ARC-5.
>> Hence my query.
>>
>> -John
>
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