[ARC5] Help Identify This Shock Mount

[Jack Antonio]

On 4/24/2018 1:50 PM, Nels Anderson via ARC5 wrote:
> I'm helping an elderly ham friend clean out his basement and we found 
> a shock mount base that we cannot identify. It looks like a WWII era 
> aircraft radio mount of some sort. Initially we thought it was for a 
> BC-348 but while the size is right the fit is not.
>
> The size is 18.5 by 7.5 inches. Please see the photos. Can anyone 
> identify what radio this is for? After we identify it will be for sale 
> if anyone is interested. Thanks for the help.


My guess is that the mount is for either the AN/APS-13 "tail end Charlie"
radar, or the APN-1 radar altimeter.

Jack Antonio WA7DIA