[ARC5] History question: post-ww-ii use of ARC-5 style equipment

[Jack Antonio]

On 3/20/2016 10:29 AM, Robert  Eleazer wrote:

> The ARC-8 was installed in a number of new production postwar aircraft
> in addition to the C-119, including the B-36, YB-49 (and presumably the
> XB-35), B-50, and B-47A.

I have a "picture book" , on the B-36 that shows
an AN/ARC-8 installation, with what I assume is a BC-453 mounted beside
the operating position. This was circa 1950. The installation looked 
neat and uncluttered.

Another picture taken a few years later still shows the AN/ARC-8, but it
is buried in and among quite a bit of other electronics. Looked more 
like the HF radio was more of an after-thought than anything else.

   I assume that the WWII vintage ARC-8
> installations were retained in aircraft that were used for decades after
> the war, such as the C-47,

I can verify an AN/ARC-8 installation in a USAF C-47 that I flew
on from Hamilton AFB to Tinker AFB in 1966. Unfortunately I wasn't
savvy enough to write down model numbers or frequencies on the
chart. Also, I wasn't lucky enough to get a ham friendly crew member,
"Don't touch the radio!".

Jack Antonio WA7DIA/4