[ARC5] BC-942 VHF Receiver

[Dean Davidson]

On 27/12/2020 06:59, David Stinson wrote:
  When the Army Air Corps decided to go with the hulking,
> black lump of a radio, SCR-522, with the requirement
> of a complete new installation with a bunch of boxes
> and another box taking precious space in the cockpit,
> supposedly to please the Brits, I think they made a
> mistake.  According to WWII Radio Mechanics, 522
> took constant "fiddling" to keep it working.
> I believe that position is supported by how quickly
> after WWII the 522 disappeared from service.
> 
Interestingly, in Australia, in the 1960s heaps of 522 were on
the surplus market. They had been refurbished in the 50s
(don't ask me why!)
I know this because a modified 522 was my first VHF set
and my first contact in 1963


Dean Davidson
VK2DJD (was VK2ZID in those days)