[ARC5] [Milsurplus] GP with ARB?

David Olean k1whs at metrocast.net
Sat Oct 29 09:39:28 EDT 2022


Hi Mike

I really liked the ARB as a kid. I think the big draw was that it cost 
about 1/2 of what a BC-348 cost surplus.  We could cut a few lawns and 
buy an ARB! The 348 took more lawn work! It did work great as a VHF rx 
with an International Crystal 2M converter in front of it.

Dave K1WHS


On 10/28/2022 10:29 PM, Michael Hanz wrote:
> Well, Hue is right in a sense.  But the ARB was intended to replace 
> the RU as the wholeMegillah of the moment - liaison _and/or_  command 
> receiver.  Of course, that was in the time when the specialization 
> movement began in earnest.  By the end of the war, you had specialized 
> liaison, command, automatic compass, landing, and what-all receivers 
> going into aircraft.  The ARB was certainly the equal of the BC-348 
> performance-wise, but for hams it is a lot clumsier to use from the 
> user-friendly perspective, and as a general search receiver, its RU 
> procedural roots are less than stellar.  I think that is why is rates 
> lower on the scale these days.
>
> Contrasting opinions are encouraged.
>
> - Mike  KC4TOS
>
> On 10/28/2022 8:44 PM, Hubert Miller wrote:
>> You're thinking of the ARB + ATB, which was the pilot's Command radio.
>> The radioman for CW position reports and so on, was GO + RU.
>> I do not know for sure what Command sets were used when some of the PBYs were given instead BC-348 and ATC for liaison radio.
>> -Hue Miller
>
>
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