[ARC5] ARC-5 Transmitter--Overproduction in WWII

[millerke6f at aol.com]

Hi


	Granted the creation is not that pretty, but it obviously served some function and being that it's a 30 meter design, it's certainly not a product of the 50s but someone's idea of getting something operating on a "New Band" and despite the use of a Command Set chassis....at least the builder did something other that twist a few knobs.  Kudus to the fellow who whipped the thing together.  Hell, I even bid on it.. As to the sacrificial Command set, I watched that 1946 movie, "The Best Years Of Their Lives"  last night and one of the great shots in the film was when the protagonists flew over one of the many WWII aircraft bone yards where  thousands of planes were arranged in rows stretching almost to the horizon.  The commentary suggested that many of these planes went directly from the factory to the bone yard for demolition.  Imagine now that every one of these planes had be outfitted with Command Sets and other radios we all have learned to love.  One reference books suggests that there were in excess of 3 million command sets produced let alone all the other avionics that saw immediate obsolescence in 1946.


Cheers


Bob, KE6F



-----Original Message-----
From: Mark K3MSB <mark.k3msb at gmail.com>
To: Tom Bridgers <tarheel6 at msn.com>
Cc: ARC5 <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tue, Oct 1, 2013 10:25 am
Subject: Re: [ARC5] ARC-5 Transmitter


Ouch!  I'm glad I viewed that on an empty stomach!

The perspective of the 1950s was a lot different than that of 2013.

Mark K3MSB

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On Sep 30, 2013 11:23 PM, "Tom Bridgers" <tarheel6 at msn.com> wrote:

> Remember the articles in the 1950's about converting
> an ARC-5 TX that said, "first remove everything above
> and below the chassis."  Here's what happens when
> you take that approach:
>
>    see:  261296990673
>
> 73,
> Tom  KE4RHH
>
>
>
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