[ARC5] FW: Jeeps with Radio Equipment

[Tim]

As others have suggested, I am going with the jeep having a 24 volt battery
system aboard.  Easier to scrounge up extra batteries than to go thru a
significant equipment modification out at the end of the logistics pipeline
like that place apparently was...
Tim
N6CC

On Fri, Jul 30, 2021 at 9:52 AM <ke5o at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> I am not seeing the PTO generator so where is the 12 volts coming from? I
> would guess the jeep has 24 volts in batteries under the radios that are
> charged with an APU.
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> Steve G
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> Ke5o
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> *From:* arc5-bounces at mailman.qth.net <arc5-bounces at mailman.qth.net> *On
> Behalf Of *MARK DORNEY via ARC5
> *Sent:* Friday, July 30, 2021 10:38 AM
> *To:* Dave Merrill <r390a.urr at gmail.com>
> *Cc:* ARC-5 <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
> *Subject:* Re: [ARC5] Jeeps with Radio Equipment
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> The radios may not be ARC-5, SRC-274 or ARA radios. They may be an earlier
> look-a-like that ran on 12 volts. Either that, or parts were scrounged and
> radios were heavily modified. As far as meeting AAC limits, that may not
> have really mattered. These were definitely not built to some factory spec
> in this application. All that mattered is that they work and fill a mission
> need.
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> Mark D.
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> WW2RDO
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> “In matters of style, float with the current. In matters of Principle,
> stand like a rock. “.   -   Thomas Jefferson
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> Sent from my iPhone
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> On Jul 30, 2021, at 11:26 AM, Dave Merrill <r390a.urr at gmail.com> wrote:
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> I could see rewiring the filaments for 12 VDC, but what about the relays?
> Aren't they all 28 VDC?
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> Dave N9ZC
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> On Thu, Jul 29, 2021, 12:41 AM Bill Pileggi <wpileggi at juno.com> wrote:
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> Slightly over 10 years ago (June 2011) , there was a mention on this list
> of a photo of a Jeep with ARC's in the rear deck. At the time, they would
> have provided a link. Don't know what the link is now... Nobody seems to
> have brought it up... As a bonus, there's a B-24 in the background.
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> So, I'm attaching. It's about 89 Kb.
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> Bill KA3AIS
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