That CBY-46181 is an extraordinarily rare unit. It is part of ARA-2 and is identical to the common ARA CBY-46145 .52-1.5 MHz receiver except it is WIRED FOR 12 VDC.
It's a *fantastic* super-rare item that few have ever even seen mentioned! I'll bet this is the only survivor.
Mike / KK5F
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From: <gewhite@crosslink.net>
Sent: May 28, 2023 8:13 PM
The Mid Atlantic Antique Radio Club is holding what some of us would call a "hamfest' with extras, in Annapolis, Maryland, June 15-16. (They recently posted a notice on this site.)
I plan to go Saturday June 17th and take my remaining Command Set items to peddle. I collected these while writing the CQ Surplus Column, 1964-1976.
As I will shortly be 90 I want to get them into good hands while I can. My heirs care nothing at all about my various collections. Into the dumpster...
I have half a dozen nice, almost museum-quality receivers: a pair of 1939 Navy RAT receivers, 13.5 - 20 mc and 20-27 mc in a twin receiver rack with local controls, tuning cranks and a copy of the Navy manual.
a CBY-46181 ARA receiver, .52 - 1.5 mc with local controls and crank; an R-25 AN/ARC-5 receiver, 1.5 - 3 mc with crank and local controls; three dynamotors, odds & ends of controls and so forth;
R2021/AN-ARN-30D receiver, 108-135 mc, with rack, control box and mocked-up cabling. Works but not museum quality;
Two R-15 receivers, 108-135 mc, one with receiver dial, one without. Somewhat hacked
new-in-the-box VT-5 vacuum tube, c. 1917
- Gordon Eliot White 948-888-4371