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

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In a message dated 3/16/02 3:34:37 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
n4fs@monmouth.com writes:

<<  think the German E-52 series is far superior to our BC-348 or 312 series
 of receivers. With the variable IF bandwidth, AC/DC power supply, projection
 type readout, fast & slow tuning, modular construction, all tubes
 replaceable from the front, and, all the tubes identical part numbers, it is
 one of my favorites. Not necessarily for aircraft use but just in general.
 We had nothing close. 73 - Mike >>

Yes-but. It did not fill the role of the BC-312 or BC-348. I don't see that it
was all that commonly found, even in U-boat or radio trucks. Perhaps it
was just too expensive to build, to be widely deployed.
That side seems to me, to have had maybe 5  times as many different
comm receiver types as the US - maybe even more. Maybe that was
the outcome of  continual striving to improve equipment. However, the
introduction of new types rapidly wound down as the war progressed.
Maybe that was even a liability - with so many different types of equipment
to keep track of.
Hue Miller