[ForSale-Swap] B-17 Radios Questions

[Lloyd KK7IZ]

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "J. Forster" <jfor at quik.com>
To: "Floyd Petri" <fpetri at eastex.net>
Cc: "Forsale-Swap" <forsale-swap at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2006 8:42 PM
Subject: Re: [ForSale-Swap] B-17 Radios Questions


> ______________________________________________________________
>
> Floyd Petri wrote:
>
>> ______________________________________________________________
>>
>> When I was a kid there were WW II silver aluminum receivers and 
>> transmitters
>> every where. I can't remember if they were called Command Sets or Arc-5 
>> sets
>> or BC-459s or what ever. Of course I did not want any back then.
>
> The BC-4xx sets were under the umbrella of SCR-274-N and were Army Signal 
> Corps
> units. The ARC-5s were the Navy version.
>
> There are manuals for both systems  (and a WHOLE LOT of other stuff) is
> available as high quality .pdfs here for free:
>
> http://www.royalsignals.org.uk/
>
> Please read and follow the directions on the site for requesting the 
> manual
> specific password(s).
>
>> What is the chance of getting a couple in mint or near mint conditon for 
>> my
>> WW II collection? What would be a good price for them?
>
> You'd be best off joining the ARC-5, MilSurplus, or WS 19 groups and 
> posting
> your request there. The stuff does show up on eBay, but really mint sets 
> can be
> expensive. The good news is the aluminum finish units are often cheaper 
> than
> black painted ones.
>
>> What manual or TM would cover the system in a B-17? I would like to see 
>> what
>> it would take to complete an original radio operator's position in a 
>> B-17.
>> At the moment I can't remember how a pair of headphones would connect to 
>> one
>> of them??? I know hams back in the 50s would convert them and had a jack 
>> on
>> the front installed.
>
> I don't know about the B-17, but the full Consolidated B-24 Radio Manual 
> will
> appear on RoyalSignal in the not very distant future.
>
> -John
>
>> If anyone has any for sale please contact me. Thanks.
>>
>> Floyd
>>
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