[ARC5] WWII Transceivers

[J. Forster]

OK, but not exactly a marketplace success!

There were at least 100,000 WS-19s made, in at least 3 countries, as I
remember. That could well be second only to the ARC-5 in systems made.

FWIW,

-John

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> On 4/4/2014 9:25 AM, Robert Eleazer wrote:
>> David's efforts with the ARC-2 and its variable IF led me to think about
>> WWII tunable transceivers.
>>
>> And it appears there ain't many at all.  They often used tunable
>> receivers and crystal controlled transmitters, and most of the time
>> separate receivers and transmitters, even in the same box.  But very few
>> true transceivers it would seem.
>>
>> I guess the BC-1000 is one.  The ARC-2 is another.  I guess the RT-45
>> might be another, although I am not familiar with it other than having a
>> "PTO" out of one I bought from Fair Radio many years ago.
>>
>> So how many can y'all think of?  And why are there so few?  Perhaps the
>> ARC-2 is an example of some real, radical innovation.
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