[Milsurplus] AN/ARC-8(?) (ART-13B + ARR-15)

[William Donzelli]

> Wouldn't that be more appropriate for the likes of the GO and GP
> transmitters?

The RAX could be paired up with any transmitter, really. I do
not think it was designed alongside a transmitter, like ARA/ATA or ARB/ATB
- at least I know of none, although it could have been one of the weird
ones that dies early (GQ, GR). The early GO and GP sets were paired with
the workhorse RUs. Western Electric made RAMs, but they seem to have died
quickly. 
 
> As a collector, I'd love to have a complete RAX set.  But were I a
> contemporary radio operator, I'd much prefer the BC-348.  IMO, the
> BC-348 was the best LF/MF/HF aircraft receiver used anywhere in WWII.

Probably, but the RAX is not a bad set either. 

> IMO, the USN's ATC (or AN/ART-13) was also the best LF/MF/HF aircraft
> transmitter used anywhere in WWII. 

That is also true, but they were expensive and hard to build. Not good for 
a war machine, and likely the reason the BC-375 stayed in production into 
1945 and the Autotune got a late start in the aircraft world.

>  Perhaps the the USN had an "ARC" receiver that never saw
> daylight under development for the "ATC" transmitter.

ARC is a countermeasures receiver. They showed up in surplus ads, but I 
have never seen one in the flesh. I think they were AN/APR-1ish.

William Donzelli
aw288@osfn.org