[ARC5] Wow...

[Brian Clarke]

The Australian contractor, AWA went belly-up several years ago.

For many years, I helped an ex-RAAF, ex-CAA techo liquidate his stock of such equipment. He was in the right place at the right time to acquire pallet-loads of such that originally filled a couple of WWII hangars. He is now SK and it will be up to his estate managers to deal with what’s left.

 

Cheers, Brian, VK2GCE

 

From: MARK DORNEY [mailto:mkdorney at aol.com] 
Sent: Sunday, 1 August 2021 12:37 PM
To: ARC-5; Brian Clarke
Subject: Re: [ARC5] Wow...

 

How available were these transmitter parts from the Australian contractor?  And are these parts still obtainable today? 

 

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 Jul 31, 2021, at 10:35 PM, MARK DORNEY via ARC5 <arc5 at mailman.qth.net> wrote:



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

 

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On Jul 31, 2021, at 10:26 PM, Brian Clarke <brianclarke01 at optusnet.com.au> wrote:

 

Not quite correct, folks.

 

And not quite a Jeep. During WWII, the RAAF contracted Amalgamated Wireless of Australia, as its government-contracted maintainer, to convert SCR-274-N equipment to 12 V operation for installation in the Avro Anson aircraft. There were 12 V dynamotors for the receiver and modulator that were the same form factors and connections as the 28 V versions – I’ve had them in my hands. Heaters were wired in parallel. The antenna relay coils in the transmitter and antenna changeover relay box were paralleled. The only new component required was the transmitter cathode relay. No change was made to the control boxes.

 

Cheers, Brian, VK2GCE

 

From: arc5-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:arc5-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Ken
Sent: Sunday, 1 August 2021 12:05 PM
To: MARK DORNEY; kk5f at arrl.net
Cc: ARC-5
Subject: Re: [ARC5] Wow...

 

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

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