[ARC5] Anyone collected sets or information on 1950s,

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If anybody is interested, I have a complete test set for ARC-114, 115 and 116.

 

Best, Francesco K5URG

 

From: arc5-bounces at mailman.qth.net <arc5-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On Behalf Of Mike Morrow
Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2020 6:56 PM
To: arc5 at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [ARC5] Anyone collected sets or information on 1950s,

 

I have the AN/ARC-114A, -115A, and -116A.  A friend of mine did two tours of Vietnam (1968, 1972) as a UH-1H and CH-47 pilot.  (He was only 19 when he flew his first combat mission as  "peter pilot".  Amazing!)

 

He stayed in the Army until 1976.  He said that the 114/115/116 sets were not too popular with pilots due to poorer performance compared to the AN/ARC-131 (Magnavox 822) VHF-FM, AN/ARC-134 (Wilcox 807B) VHF-AM, and ANARC-51BX (Collins) UHF-AM sets.  In particular, pilots did not like dialing in each UHF-FM frequency as needed on the AN/ARC-116 compared to having 20 preset channels available on the control panel for the AN/ARC-51BX.  He said none of these units had the range of the 131/134/51BX sets.  IMO, the AN/ARC-51BX is the most important command set of the Vietnam war era.

 

I have another interesting panel-mount UHF-AM set that I believe the USAF bought as a limited backup UHF set..the AN/ARC-108.  I also have an early version of the AN/ARC-164 UHF set.

 

Mike / KK5F

-----Original Message----- 
From: Robert Eleazer 
Sent: Sep 12, 2020 3:24 PM 
To: arc5 at mailman.qth.net <mailto:arc5 at mailman.qth.net>  
Subject: Re: [ARC5] Anyone collected sets or information on 1950s, 

I have an ARC-115 I bought on ebay and an ARC-114 given to me by the local Sherriff's Dept when they stripped out the older equipment from the military surplus helicopters they obtained.

 

I built 28 VDC power supplies to run those radios and found I had to add a mike pre-amp, since they were not designed for individual use.


Wayne

WB5WSV    


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