[ARC5] 1950's spy plane transceiver

[Moe Fretz]

Pictures?

On Sun, Jan 28, 2024 at 8:05 AM Nico van Dongen <Nico at nvandongen.nl> wrote:

> Ten years after the ARC5 but I hope this rings a bell to someone.
>
> I recently bought a small transceiver of what the previous owner claimed
> to be a radio from a US spy plane.
> It is made out of two bare aluminum lunch box style units clamped
> together. The
> top unit is the transceiver and the lower unit is the power supply. On the
> outside of  the power unit is a 15 pin connector, 2 rows of pins for the
> external connections. no controls on the unit only a single BNC connector.
>
> Total size is 24 x 21 centimeters and the transceiver uses mostly pencil
> tubes. Unfortunately 80% of the tubes is removed
> The only marking is on the ID plate: in large print 5663 and in small
> print pt /no N650370-1 for the rest zero text on the in and out side.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Nico - PA3ESA
>
>
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Moe Fretz
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Quesnel
British Columbia, Canada
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