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

[Paul Thekan]

The VRC-1 would do the job as it used the SCR 193 for HF and the SCR 543
(SCR 522) for VHF and it was all mounted in the large CH 217 chest.
Unfortunately it takes up the whole rear half of the jeep and these folks
don't want that.
 I've been working on piecing this set up and have everything except the CH
217 chest. Can fabricate a chest but have not found any dimensional dwg of
one or a chest where I could get some dimensions off of.

Paul
N6FEG

On Sun, Jul 25, 2021, 6:34 AM 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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