[Milsurplus] Re: ARC-5 Tuning Splines & Right Angle Connectors

[Paul H. Anderson]

On Fri, 8 Feb 2002, Todd Bigelow - PS wrote:

> My speculation on this is that the shockmounts often ended up left
> riveted or bolted to the aircraft and went off to the smelter, whereas
> the racks just snapped off easily. Perhaps connectors and wiring
> harnesses to a lesser extent met the same fate. Add to this that many of

During the war, copper was in great demand (remember, we had steel
pennies, and silver nickels) - I assume after the war, copper would have
still been in demand, so aircraft dismantlers probably sent the wiring
(and presumably connectors, which would have been easier to unplug than
cut off) one way, the radios another way in their scrap piles.

Paul