[ARC5] For Sale RAT-1 Receiver

[Mike Feher]

Thank you for the additional information Mike. It seems like it sure could get confusing fairly fast unless one studies it all for a while. Thanks & 73 – Mike 

 

Mike B. Feher, N4FS

89 Arnold Blvd.

Howell NJ 07731

848-245-9115

 

From: arc5-bounces at mailman.qth.net <arc5-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On Behalf Of Mike Morrow
Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2019 11:07 AM
To: arc5 at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [ARC5] For Sale RAT-1 Receiver

 

Mike,

 

Interesting and very rare!  The photos show 14-vdc RAT CBY-46096 two-receiver rack and one 28-vdc RAT-1 CBY-46108 13.5 to 20 MHz receiver.

 

The RAT-1 receiving system requires 28-vdc RAT-1 CBY-46110 two-receiver rack plus 28-vdc RAT-1 CBY-46109 20 to 27 MHz receiver.

 

FWIW to readers not familiar with these receivers, the 1939 A.R.C. RAT-1 13.5 to 27 MHz liaison receiving system provided reception beyond the 13.575 MHz upper limit of the 1939 A.R.C. RU-12 liaison receiver.  That would match the 26.5 MHz upper limit of the 1937 and 1938 G.E. GO-4, -5, -6 liaison transmitters.  Then came the 1940 A.R.C. RAV 0.19 to 27 MHz liaison receiver system.  These A.R.C. receiving sets were technically and operationally inferior to the 1940 G.E. RAX-1 0.2 to 27 MHz liaison receiver system, but the first five receivers of the RAV developed to become the ARA command set receiving system and later the SCR-274-N and AN/ARC-5.

 

I wish there was somewhere to see a complete RU-12/RAT-1/GO-4 or RAV/GO-5 or RAX-1/GO-6 liaison system, but the components needed for complete sets were probably many of them gone forever even before the end of WWII, except for RAX-1 and GO-9.

 

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