[ARC5] AN/ARC-2

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The special connector is organic to the ARC-2 and the ARR-15 receiver, only.K3HVG


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From: Tim <timsamm at gmail.com> 
Date: 4/30/18  14:06  (GMT-05:00) 
To: "Kenneth G. Gordon" <kgordon2006 at frontier.com> 
Cc: ARC-5 <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>, "Military Surplus Mail List mmilsurplus at mailman.qth.net" <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net> 
Subject: Re: [ARC5] AN/ARC-2 

Hi Ken - Yeah, we were imagining they were used in larger aircraft.  Shoe-horning a 274N or ARC-5 components into space available in a fighter is easier than fitting one big, heavy lump in someplace.  (We were imagining it would also serve to augment the pilots aft seat armor if it were placed in a fighter ..haha..)

As you said, seems it was functionally/operationally equivalent to the HF Command Sets, all in one box.  Looking forward to seeing the innards.  I think Dave or others wrote up a scheme for fabricating a rear connector, it seems to be unique.  This one had no mount but otherwise a real beauty so far....It is the 2A variant...
Thanks,Tim

On Mon, Apr 30, 2018 at 10:56 AM, Kenneth G. Gordon <kgordon2006 at frontier.com> wrote:
On 30 Apr 2018 at 10:37, Tim wrote:



> Hi Ken - Yep, they are in place, there is even a nice spanner wrench

> attached to the rear for their removal...Whodda thunk? 



Ah, yes. I had forgotten about the spanner. Mine is still there too. Jack mentioned that.



> Thanks - that's the key we were missing... This one is pretty

> pristine, was used by a Ham back east, complete with Dyno and not

> Ham-mered in any way.  Interesting set, apparently intended to replace

> the HF Command set function - just when VHF was appearing for that

> function. 



Yes. Exactly. Covers almost the entire Command Set frequency range and not much more, 

although to my mind, it is a LOT heavier and far more complex. It is a very, very nice set.



Please let us know how it works.



As I mentioned, and as I remember it, most of those were used in transport aircraft, though, 

not fighters, etc.



Ken W7EKB



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