[ARC5] Seeking Information: Article on the original ARC commercial Type D receiver

Clare Owens clare.owens at gmail.com
Fri Jan 2 15:49:24 EST 2015


Wow, there are only two copies listed by Worldcat, one in Buffalo and one
in London.  Odd coincidences:  I can picture the Buffalo Main Library but
moved out of Buffalo in 1996.  I was in London three years ago for a few
days but did not visit any libraries.

Clare

On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 10:43 AM, Mike Hanz <aaf-radio-1 at aafradio.org> wrote:

> Is this the one you're looking for, Mike? http://books.google.com/books/
> about/Development_of_Aircraft_Radio_Receivers.html?id=-5BeHQAACAAJ dated
> 1929, 22 pages.
>
> I vaguely recall a xerox copy might be somewhere out in the shack, but it
> probably came from AB5S.  I'll take a look later today.
>
>  - Mike
>
> On 1/1/2015 10:58 PM, Mike Morrow wrote:
>
>> Several years ago there was circulating from some radio site, IIRC, an
>> article about the original battery-powered A.R.C. Type D aircraft
>> receiver.  I believe it appeared in print sometime between 1929 and 1931.
>> I once had a hard copy, which I've misplaced.  I initially thought it came
>> from QST, but I'm doubting that now because a lot of very painful QST
>> archive searching at arrl.org has revealed nothing.
>>
>> Does anyone recall this article, and know more precise details?  If so,
>> is it on the web somewhere?  I have spent hours looking for it on the web
>> since November and have now given up.
>>
>> I come up completely empty when I search for anything related to A.R.C.
>> Type D or any other similar search variation.  The Type D was the basis for
>> ARC's SCR-A*-183 and RU-* receivers.
>>
>
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