[ARC5] Command Sets "side by side" trans and rec ?

[MARK DORNEY]

Where are the fuses associated with the ARA/ ARC-5/SCR-274-N receiver mounts installed in this set up. ?

Mark D. 
WW2RDO

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> On Sep 29, 2023, at 9:01 PM, Hubert Miller <Kargo_cult at msn.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> I happen to really like the look of the ‘Command sets’ use that has the trans and rec side by side in a 2- transmitter rack.
> This is shown in the book, ‘Command Sets’, 1957, page 36, “Command Set Special”. However, that article says hacksaw
> work is required to modify the 2 – transmitter rack, and i would not do that to any unhacked rack.  This work is necessary
> to somehow mount a receiver rack into the 2-transmitter rack.
>  
> This side by side rec and trans ensemble showed up on Ebay. The trans is a junker and the rec is nothing to write home
> about, but this configuration intrigues me, probably because i really like the idea of “Novice ham radios”. So my question is,
> how does this work, can you just set the receiver down in one bay of the 2-transmitter rack ?  Without using any receiver
> rack at all ?
>  
> In the Command Sets book article, what and why is hacksawed? As i said, i would not hacksaw any intact rack. I do have
> some intact cherry condition Command sets, but no racks, so i’m kind of unfamiliar with them close up, and how a receiver
> will  simply drop in. Also just occurred to me, the protrusions on the rec ‘local control adapter’ look different spaced than
> those securing protrusions on the transmitter, which must be why the referred to article shows home – fabricated securing
> links which are longer than the ones on a receiver rack.
>  
> https://www.ebay.com/itm/186095845625?mkevt=1&mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&campid=5338722076&customid=&toolid=10050
>  
> “Aircraft Radio Transmitter T-18 ARC-5 Navy With Baseplate”
>  
> What think?
> -Hue Miller  K7HUE,
> Newport, Oregon
> <Command Sets - side by side on tx rack - Ebay Sep 2023.JPG>
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