[ARC5] Mystery coil set

[Jay Coward]

All,
 I, also, watched this item on eBay with interest and didn't know what to make of it either,
 ( I planned to bid but work on a new product development effort took me away from my search for the "Holy Grail".( I don't even know what it is anymore..))  
 It's marked Serial X. Has a '41 date. There is a barely visible contract # but my screen resolution can't resolve it. It's black crinkle paint, Were any coil sets for BC-A*-183 painted? Not being too familiar with the Army Air Corps command sets of that time frame, the only ones I've seen were aluminum.
 I presume "Serial X" means experimental and built in a small quantity.
 Is it conceivable that when a requirement for ARC-5 Tx's T-15,-16,-17 was let to contract that a backwards compatible coil set was contracted to "mate" frequency wise GF-* sets with ARC-5 T-15,-16.17?
 A long shot, I know well...(I always take the "long shot" at work and you'd be surprised how many times I've "hit the mark"!
 
 
Best to all for the upcoming Thanksgiving Holiday! My two daughters are coming home and we're not having turkey! Yea! We're having Irish Turkey (Corned Beef) and Baked Salmon with Acorn squash, Artichokes or Asparagus, which ever is cheaper, Garlic Bread (maybe) and Punkin Pie with Vanilla Ice Cream.
 Jay KE6PPF
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Morrow <kk5f at earthlink.net>
To: arc5 <arc5 at ix.netcom.com>; gewhite <gewhite at crosslink.net>; arc5 <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Fri, Nov 13, 2015 1:45 pm
Subject: Re: [ARC5] B-10 Exported with SCR-134, SCR-183



Dave wrote:

> Gordon, I think if I could only ask one question of the
archives about
> these wonderful radios, it would be why the T 15, - 16 + 2 -
17 + this
> ARC-made SCR-183 Bob coil were ordered.

I would second Dave's
request for info on the "special applications" (from
AN 16-30ARC5-2 para. 4-38)
of T-15, T-16, and T-17/ARC-5.  It's the greatest mystery in Type K command set
history.

I'd also find Dave's other request interesting, which came out
incompletely in his recent post.  I think the item of interest is that shown
here:

  http://www.ebay.com/itm/361414531223

Dave...I have a big question
about that coil.  What makes it a BC-A*-230 coil?  There are electrical
differences, but it's difficult (to me) to distinguish *visually* between that
and a GF-* coil...the markings all indicate to me that its a GF-* coil, which
would still be remarkable!

Mike /
KK5F
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