[ARC5] Ft. Worth Aviation Museum Asking for Our Help

[Christopher Bowne]

I may have an appropriate spring loaded mobile antenna mast end.  IIRC the AN/VRC-1 was a Jeep mounted HF/VHF ground control set which consisted of a BC-191 transmitter and BC-312 receiver for HF, and an SCR-524 (?), which was a 12V DC powered version of the SCR-522 transmitter/receiver set for VHF.

73 de Chris, AJ1G
Stonington CT



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> On Jul 25, 2021, at 09:34, David Stinson <arc5 at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> 
> The Ft. Worth Aviation Museum has been in touch, asking for
> help with a project- a WWII Pacific Theatre  jeep used to
> communicate to aircraft and ground controllers.  We've
> seen a few photos over the years of these with many different
> HF (and VHF in some) radios "shoe-horned" in.
> 
> They need suggestions and possible sources for a credible set,
> but that set must not take-up all the room in the back of
> the jeep.  This is also a PR project (don't sneer; without PR
> such as the jeep being in a parade with a pretty  girl waving
> from the back, there's no money coming in to pay the bills.
> With no money, all this history ends-up in the dump).
> 
> Now, I'm not a "jeep radio" guy, but many of you are.
> They need an antenna base.  I think the proper antenna
> for HF is that one which is made of rods that screw
> together, with the coloured ends you match.  I *think*
> I have a complete set of those I'll donate, but I don't
> have the proper base insulator for it.
> Can someone kick-in an antenna base, or suggest
> a correct alternative?
> 
> TNX OM ES 73 DE Dave AB5S
> 
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