[ARC5] Pre-ARC-5 rigs.

[Jim Falls]

I have an RA-1B with the Air Ministry tag on it. Not a Ferrari, but it does everything it was built for. A joy to align and peak.  

Cheers!
Jim K6FWT
CBLA #37

> On Aug 4, 2014, at 17:15, Mike Hanz <aaf-radio-1 at aafradio.org> wrote:
> 
> On 8/4/2014 7:55 PM, AKLDGUY . wrote:
>>> Other sources allege that perhaps AE had obtained a Bendix RA-1 receiver via the US Navy.  The Bendix receiver would have either supplanted or replaced the WE unit; the Bendix was a much more capable receiver.  This would have solved the question of her being able to receive at 1300 kc.
> 
> The RA-1* is *not* and never was a military radio.  It was a _commercial_ model that was certainly beloved by the Navy for its ash and trash haulers, but also by airlines and other clients, including the British.
> 
>> The RA-1B has direct frequency readout on the dial, if I'm not mistaken, so
>> she should have been capable of setting to correct frequency, unless she
>> made an error with the bandswitch. Surely she had enough gumption to be
>> aware that that might be a problem after hearing no response from the
>> "Itasca"?
> 
> Surely?  It seems to me that's an undocumented presumption, given Mike Everette's research.  I'm not sure there's anything certain about any of this.  But whatever floats your boat...
> 
> - Mike  KC4TOS
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