[ARC5] 1943 VHF and UHF converters for ARA broadcast band receiver

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Yes, they were radar countermeasures receivers.  Same function as the ARD, 
AN/APR-1 and AN/APR-4.  No special antenna was built for them, although 
there is a brief discussion about "if possible" using a resonant antenna mounted 
to favor the radar transmitter's polarization.  The claim was made that 
they could use the wire antenna(s) already installed in the aircraft.

Robert Downs - Houston
wa5cab dot com (Web Store)
MVPA 9480

In a message dated 07/17/2016 06:27:41 AM Central Daylight Time, 
aaf-radio-1 at aafradio.org writes: 
> Wow!  Thanks, Robert!  Sounds like a poor man's version of the AN/APR-4 
> countermeasures receiver and its predecessors.  Same use of a 955, too.  
> During the first half of 1943, I don't recall any comms equipment running up 
> in that range - just Allied, German, and Japanese radar sets.  Wonder what 
> the portable application was designed to accomplish?  Given that they were 
> US Navy products, maybe enemy radar homing for PT boats?
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