[ARC5] Wow...

[MARK DORNEY]

Any conversion would have had to of been done at a rear area airbase, more than likely in England, Australia, or the US. Forward bases would have been too remote to be close to any real resources to scrounge the parts needed for the work.  

Mark D. 
WW2RDO

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

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> On Aug 1, 2021, at 9:04 AM, MICHAEL ST ANGELO <mstangelo at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> 
> Been following this thread. Did they make dynamotors to convert 12volts to 24volts or
> - 12volts to 24volts and B+ for receiver
> - 12volts to 24volts and B+ for transmittet/modulator?
>  
> Even if they has these you would need a generator to keep the jeep battery charged.
>  
> I still fondly remember the sound of my Wireless No.19 set starting...
>  
> Mike N2MS
>>> On 07/31/2021 10:05 PM Ken <kgordon2006 at frontier.com> wrote:
>>>  
>>>  
>>> No.
>>>  
>>> The BIG problem is the control boxes.
>>>  
>>> I thought Mike made that abundantly clear.
>>>  
>>> From his extensive and accurate knowledge, it is completely clear that the entire SCR-274/N system could not possibly have been converted to operate from 12 VDC by any front-line tech. The necessary parts would have been completely unavailable.
>>>  
>>> Therefore, the only possible way this equipment could have been operated in a Jeep is via some source of 24 V power.
>>>  
>>> Ken W7EKB
>>>  
>>>  
>>>  
>>> Sent via my Samsung Galaxy, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone
>>>  
>>> -------- Original message --------
>>> From: MARK DORNEY via ARC5 <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
>>> Date: 7/31/21 18:56 (GMT-08:00)
>>> To: kk5f at arrl.net
>>> Cc: ARC-5 <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
>>> Subject: Re: [ARC5] Wow...
>>>  
>>> From what I am gathering from this discussion, the receivers are not the big problem. The transmitters are. 
>>>  
>>> 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 Jul 31, 2021, at 7:59 PM, Mike Morrow <kk5f at earthlink.net> wrote: 
>>> 
>>> The RU-17 is the receiver for the RU-17/GF-12 24v command set and thus would never be used with a GP-7.  The GP-7 was normally used with either the 12v RU-18 or 24V RU-19 liaison receiver.
>>>  
>>> Mike / KK5F
>>>  
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Paul Thekan <pfthekan at gmail.com>
>>> Sent: Jul 31, 2021 6:26 PM
>>> To: ARC-5 <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
>>> Subject: [ARC5] Wow...
>>> 
>>> 
>>> How much more stranger can this get...but now a GP-7 Navy aircraft xmtr that runs on 115vac 800cycle and what is probably a RU-17 Navy rcvr. It looks like the dynamotor for the rcvr is under the GP-7. Controls for tuning the rcvr and GP-7 remote on the dash. So it looks like the driver is the radio op.
>>> Paul
>>> N6FEG
>>>  
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