[ARC5] Fwd: Re: Inspector

[WA5CAB at cs.com]

A lot of hams are or were lazy/sloppy with nomenclature.  Calling all of 
the A.R.C. built sets "ARC5's" is only one example.  Remember the several 
flame wars some years back over what an "R-274" looks like and who made it?  
(for those of you who missed that bit of fun or aren't familar with the R-274 
family, some of them were based on the Hallicrafters SX-73 and some on the 
Hammarlund SP-600).  "URM-25" is another problem child for similar reasons.  
Both cases where having the wrong manual is decidedly worse than having no 
manual.

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

In a message dated 06/20/2017 00:21:08 AM Central Daylight Time, 
arc5 at ix.netcom.com writes: 
> No doubt the gentleman was using "ARC-5" in the
> colloquial sense, meaning he was actually inspecting
> 274N, but as was common post-war, all similar
> sets came to be called "ARC-5."
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