[ARC5] ARC-39

[Jack Antonio]

On 5/2/2020 1:59 PM, Scott Johnson wrote:

   I often wonder what the Navy did with this radio.  It was
 > apparently deployed on training aircraft such as the T-34, T-2, etc., 
as well as the P3A and UH-43.

This is sheer speculation, but I wonder if a possible use on a P-3
was to conduct plane to ship comms on frequencies like 2182, 2738
or other common HF maritime frequencies? My thinking is that a P-3
is a maritime patrol aircraft, and this would allow comms to a ship
and leave the plane's main HF radio free.

Again, just speculation, I have no evidence that this was the case.

I too, have an AN/ARC-39. Nice radio, and it came up very easily. It
is very easy to see clues as to its ARC-5 family ancestry.


Jack Antonio
WA7DIA