[ARC5] Wow...

[MARK DORNEY]

Just because Fair radio had a converter of some sort doesn’t mean it was available to the US military during WW2, or at any time, for that matter. 

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 Aug 1, 2021, at 3:42 PM, scottjohnson1 at cox.net wrote:
> 
> There were many of those converters made for the military, mostly to allow
> 28V radios to be used in commercial vehicles (flightline pickups and vans,
> etc.)  Magnavox even made a little box that would accommodate a UHF or VHF
> radios such as the ARC-164 or ARC-186.  It accepted 12/24 VDC, or 115/230V
> AC, and had a built-in amplified speaker and mic jacks.  It even had a plate
> to mount an AT-256 antenna on top for portable use.  I have three of them,
> one with an ARC-164, one with an ARC-186, and one with an ARC-210.  We
> carried around a Wilcox 807 in the flight line van with an inverter, an
> upgraded to the little Magnavox box when they became available (the SOF
> truck had both VHF and UHF if memory serves).  I think I can remember line
> vans with ARC-27s in them, with an auxiliary alternator and 24V battery just
> for the radio.  Most vans just had UHF, but a few also had ARC-73s or
> ARC-49s for VHF.
> 
> Scott 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: arc5-bounces at mailman.qth.net <arc5-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On Behalf
> Of Hubert Miller
> Sent: Sunday, August 1, 2021 12:24 PM
> To: MICHAEL ST ANGELO <mstangelo at comcast.net>; Ken
> <kgordon2006 at frontier.com>; MARK DORNEY <mkdorney at aol.com>; kk5f at arrl.net;
> ARC-5 List <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: Re: [ARC5] Wow...
> 
> Fair Radio for some years sold a cubical box with something like 8 inches on
> a side, that converted 12 DC to 24 DC. What was that thing for?
> -Hue Miller
> ______________________________________________________________
> ARC5 mailing list
> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/arc5
> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
> Post: mailto:ARC5 at mailman.qth.net
> 
> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
> Please help support this email list: https://www.qsl.net/donate.html
> 
> ______________________________________________________________
> ARC5 mailing list
> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/arc5
> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
> Post: mailto:ARC5 at mailman.qth.net
> 
> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
> Please help support this email list: https://www.qsl.net/donate.html