[ARC5] R-13 VHF ARC-5 108-135 MHz

[Kenneth G. Gordon]

On 12 Aug 2020 at 19:56, David Stinson wrote:

>  From Ken Corwin.  It discusses the R-13B, which is the later, grey 
> "type-12" set (not actually type-12; it's a colloquial "umbrella name," 
> like "ARC-5") but the 1948 R-13 with dial was
> used similarly.
> 
> He sent it to me in 1996, while I was still in Vegas.
> My God, I was 36...  sigh...

Gee, David, you're only 60. To me, you're still a kid. I am 78.

:-)

Ken W7EKB

> 
> kenc at smartdocs.com
> Hello, Dave-
> 
> I have a lot of information on the A.R.C. R-13B and R-32 navcom receivers,
> but I am not at all certain how an R-13 with a dial is set up.  If there was
> an R-13, the R-13B is at least the third iteration of the series.
> 
> You may be interested in the following two paragraphs from the A.R.C. Type
> 15D Handbook:
> 
> "7. USE OF TYPE R-13B VHF RECEIVER AS PART OF STANDARD MILITARY 
> INSTALLATIONS.
> 
>     "The Type R-13B VHF Receiver of this equipment may be operated in any
> stall of any standard military installation of SCR-274N, AN/ARC-5, or
> ATA/ARA.  It will be necessary to add an antenna connection and to replace
> the Control Unit dial with one calibrated for this VHF Receiver, A.R.C. part
> number 12508.
> 
> "8. PROVISION FOR SUPPLYING POWER TO AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT.
> 
>     "The receptacle on the front of the R-13B Receiver is provided to permit
> connection to one or more ARC VHF Transmitters, such as T-11B or T-13A.
> High voltage and low voltage power is delivered to such transmitters from
> this receptacle; relays in the transmitter operate to switch high voltage
> power between transmitter and receiver under the control of the "push to
> talk" microphone button.  Transmitter side-tone may also be brought to the
> telephone line through this receptacle.  When no transmitter is employed,
> terminals A and E of this receptacle must be connected together by the use
> of ARC wired plug #11934, normally supplied installed in each Receiver in
> order to complete the high-voltage ciorcuit to the Receiver.
> 
>     "High voltage dc power (up to 10 ma at aprox. 250 volts) may also be
> taken from this receptacle to supply other auxiliary equipment, such as ARC
> Marker Beacon Receiver R-20."
> ..... You must have contacts at radio shops at McCarran.  Those people 
> should have
> literature on A.R.C. stuff going back a long way.  A.R.C. equipment was used
> on light twins, mostly.
> 
> Good luck, Dave.
> Ken Corwin  (kenc at smartdocs.com)
> 
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