[ARC5] A-10 Radios

[Scott Johnson]

Most all USAF tactical assets now have the ARC-210, which covers all the
military bands and modes from 30-512 MHz, and has built in ECCM and secure
speech, as well as satcom capability (all with the proper antennas and
switching, of course).  It is an awesome radio, but at $100K a copy, not on
my wish list.  Like the ARC-164, it will probably soldier on for at least
thirty years (it's already about fifteen years old, but evolving, just like
the -164)  

 

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From: arc5-bounces at mailman.qth.net <arc5-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On Behalf
Of Robert Eleazer
Sent: Tuesday, July 3, 2018 9:55 AM
To: arc5 at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [ARC5] A-10 Radios

 

When I was at the Pentagon the idea was to get rid of the A-10 and use
F-16's.  The F-16 equipped with a weapons load comparable to an A-10 could
do a very nice job of making sure no one got past the guard shack at the
main gate of its home base. 

 

The fear was that the A-10 was so slow that when the Warsaw Pact came
through the Fulda Gap the A-10 would get hit on the first day of the war and
although probably survive to make it home but we would not have time to
repair it before the war was over.

 

Some on Congress said that if USAF got rid of the A-10 the US Army should
take over the airplane, it being a much better "mud mover."  The Army was
terrified, saying that all their airplanes had to have at least two seats.

 

Then came Saddam's invasion of Kuwait and the A-10 was the machine to have.
And when the war was over we had lost four A-10's and four F-16's  So much
for survivability concerns.  A re-engining program was started for the A-10
a few years later. And the USSR went out of business on 25 Dec 1991; so much
for the Fulda Gap concern

 

To some in the USAF was faced with either keeping the A-10 or buying the
F-35 - and the F-35 won.   I do not know if that insanity persists.

 

The A-10 would have at a minimum VHF AM Air Band (108-132 MHZ), UHF AM
(220-400 MHZ), and low band FM (30-76 MHZ) radios.  The ARC-114, ARC-115,
and ARC-116 such as carried by US Army helicopters of the late 60's would do
nicely but it no doubt has gear later than that.

 

Anyway, look it up yourself.  The pilot's manual for the A-10 is available
for free download here:

 

http://www.476vfightergroup.com/downloads.php?do=file
<http://www.476vfightergroup.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=42> &id=42

 

Wayne

WB5WSV

 


 
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