[ARC5] ARC Rack and Receiver

[Mike Morrow]

> ARC-12 right?

Well...no.  It's the A.R.C. Type 15 VHF **navigation** set.  It was a.k.a. as several forms of the AN/ARN-30*.

The common **communications** gear made by A.R.C. was known in its most popular form as A.R.C. Type 12.  This gear is often incorrectly called "ARC-12", especially on poorly-researched or careless web sites.  That can cause confusion with the *real* AN/ARC-12.  That is the UHF-AM version of the VHF-AM AN/ARC-1, using the 10-channel crystal-controlled RT-58/ARC-12.  All it takes to change an AN/ARC-1 aircraft installation to the AN/ARC-12 is pulling the RT-18/ARC-1 from its rack, sliding the RT-58/ARC-12 into the rack, and changing the antenna.  The RT-58 is seldom seen today, although Fair Radio sold them 45 to 50 years ago.

Mike / KK5F