[ARC5] Actual ARC-12 Control Head

[Mike Morrow]

That ebay item is the severed front panel section of the RT-58/ARC-12, minus all the resr of the RT-58.  The complete RT-58 is identical in size and connections to the VHF RT-18*/ARC-1.

The remote control box and panel for the RT-58 are the same that are used with the RT-18*:
C-45/ARC-1 BOX
C-115/ARC-1 PANEL.

An existing VHF AN/ARC-1 installation converts to a UHF AN/ARC-12 installation just by swapping the RT-18* with an RT-58 in the MT-230*/ARC rack and (presumably) changing the antenna.  (The AN/ARC-12 instruction book doesn't say much about the antenna, IIRC.)

Still, knuckleheads will continue the bogus claim that A.R.C. Type 12 gear is the "AN/ARC-12" just as they have for 65 years.  :-)

Mike / KK5F

-----Original Message-----
>From: David Stinson <arc5 at ix.netcom.com>
>Sent: Dec 11, 2020 9:36 AM
>
>If anyone is interested in the actual AN/ARC-12
>UHF set (not type-12), there's a control box on Ebay.
>https://www.ebay.com/itm/324408845803