[ARC5] ARC-5 massacre !

Mike Morrow kk5f at earthlink.net
Sat Oct 22 19:34:25 EDT 2016


Dave wrote:

>>>> Note to anyone who saw the tuning knob:
>>>> It is SCR-183 / RU, NOT "ARC-5."
>>>
>>> I looked again.  I could be wrong.  
>
>I wrote:
>
>> The dials are definitely ARA/ATA or SCR-274-N or AN/ARC-5.
>>
>> The only RU-series receiver that uses a frequency-calibrated
>> dial anywhere is the 200 to 400 kHz RU-2A beacon band receiver.
>> The SCR-A*-183/-283 uses small frequency-calibrated dials, but
>> only on the MC-125 command set receiver remote tuning unit.
>
> I looked again.  Dave wrote "knob", not "dial".
>
> I agree with Dave's original assessment.  The knob is either a
> nt-23022 local tuner for RU-type (and other) USN receivers, or
> a MC-127 local tuner for SCR-A*-183/-185/-186/-187/-287 (and
> other) USAAC/F receivers.

That set list in my last sentence should have concluded with "-283", not "-287".

Mike / KK5F


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