[ARC5] Whidbey Island Air Museum

[MARK DORNEY]

Current project is an ARC-5 Command set ( 2 transmitter, 3 receiver set up ). Kind of an ode to my late father, who was a radioman gunner on a PBY in the Pacific during WW2. I have the major components, although they all need work. Looking for a couple of the internal  antenna relays for the transmitters, a couple of the plugs for the receiver rack, and the fittings to make the cabling. I’m trying to keep everything ARC-5 on this set, as I kept everything SCR-274-N on the set just completed. Then it’s on to the German Torn Fu d2. I just got an original antenna base for that radio (not cheap). 

Mark D. 

“In matters of style, float with the current. In matters of Principle, stand like a rock. “.   -   Thomas Jefferson 

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> On Dec 14, 2020, at 7:17 PM, MARK DORNEY <mkdorney at aol.com> wrote:
> 
> I can only see “gutting” a radio only if it’s a total basket case, unrestorable. Then the radio is just the casing anyway. I’ve run into the “just make it look good” crowd, but they only get offered my “hanger queens” that I’ve stripped of parts needed to get other radios working. 
> 
> Mark D. 
> WW2RDO
> 
> “In matters of style, float with the current. In matters of Principle, stand like a rock. “.   -   Thomas Jefferson 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>>> On Dec 14, 2020, at 5:34 PM, Hubert Miller <Kargo_cult at msn.com> wrote:
>>> 
>> 
>> Many years ago, I sold a couple AVR/AVT pairs to a fellow in Bellevue, WA, who was
>> getting them for people who had flying WWII observation planes, the Cessna or Stinson
>> things. I said this disclaimer, "I do not know if these work". His reply, "That's alright,
>> they're going to empty them out anyway". Yes, that saved them 3 lbs. I still feel upset
>> in the gut when I think about that, but I was already committed. Now, I have the don't
>> give a damn what you think spirit, and I'd say, "Well, this deal has just cancelled".  This is
>> kind of the direction the Whidbey experience went. I recall also "German reenactor"
>> type, irate, telling me, "It's my radio and I can do what I want!", in service of their play-
>> acting, having "authentic" audio coming out from it. Oh well, that does make the yet
>> unmolested examples more cherished today. – Hue Miller
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