The important part was the British established a standard, and once deployed, communication coordination became much easier. My assumption is the Battle of Britain drove home the need for Victor comms, and the piecemeal stuff we had at the time wouldn’t cut it- such as the really pathetic ARC-4, which was a pre-war design by WE that was marketed (unsuccessfully) to the airlines. I guess it was cool after the war since it pretty much just covered 2M. You could talk to the guy down the street with 8W, but you could barely hear him! The early VHF command sets weren’t much better (RX was much better). It just seems like the British designed radios like Henry Ford did the Flathead V-8, anachronistic, and difficult to work on. No apologies to Ford guys, that’s my lifelong policy.
Scott W7SVJ
From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of David Stinson
Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2025 04:41
To: ARC-5 <[email protected]>; [email protected]; MMRCG <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [ARC5] SCR-522 Playing.
I once described it as "an ugly, black lump of a radio," but I've
warmed to it over the years. Besides- it's arguably the most
important aircraft radio deployed in WWII.
73 DE Dave AB5S
On 4/21/2025 7:48 PM, [email protected] wrote: