[ARC5] USN HF and VHF Capabilities

[Mike Morrow]

The R-24/ARC-5 or other BC Band receiver has no part to play in a typical AN/ARC-5 HF/VHF communications with AN/ARR-2 (ZB) VHF homing installation.  By the time the AN/ARC-5 was deployed the R-24/ARC-5 with R-1/ARR-1 homing adapter was made obsolete by the AN/ARR-2 homing receiver.

Suggested Typical 3-Receiver/2-Transmitter System
for a single-seat carrier-based fighter like F6F

Receivers
1.  R-4A/ARR-2  ZB Homing (246 MHz)
2.  R-26/ARC-5  HF Comms (3-6 MHz) FIXED TUNED
3.  R-28/ARC-5  VHF Comms (100-156 MHz) 4-Channel, Crystal

Transmitters
1.  T-23/ARC-5*  VHF Comms (100-156 MHz) 4-Channel, Crystal
2.  T-20/ARC-5  HF Comms (4-5.3 MHz) FIXED TUNED

* Or T-126/ARC-5

Control Boxes
1.  C-30A/ARC-5  Transmitter Select and VHF Channel Select
2.  C-38/ARC-5  Comm Receiver Audio, Homing Receiver Control

Miscellaneous
1.  MD-7/ARC-5  Modulator
2.  DY-2A/ARR-2  Receiver Dynamotor (3)
3.  DY-8/ARC-5  Transmitter Dynamotor
4.  RE-2/ARC-5  HF Antenna Relay

Mike / KK5F

-----Original Message-----
From: MARK DORNEY <mkdorney at aol.com>
Sent: Jul 11, 2022 4:43 PM

The ARC-5 I&rsquo;m looking to put together will have both HF and VHF. Just have to figure out how to configure things.  Using an ARA receiver instead of an R-24. I have the VHF transmitter and receiver racked already ( single racks) Also make the backs for the 2 receiver and 3 transmitter racks. Everything also has shock mounts.  
MarkD. 

On Jul 11, 2022, at 4:16 PM, releazer at earthlink.net wrote:


The USN aircraft that used the ARC-5 system had both VHF and HF capabilities.

Wayne







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