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

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aw288@osfn.org writes:


 > inlcuding some non-useful ones, i.e. 550-1600 kHz and 18- 27 MHz.
 
 The broadcast band may have been included for the YE-ZB system. The Air 
 Corps had no such system (they used Navy stuff starting around 1944) so 
 probably did see use for the band.

--Wait a minit. The RAX's way preceed the YE/YG/ZB system. I would
also guess, just a guess, that a ZB converter used on a Navy plane 
would be used with a medium wave ARA or ARC-5  receiver, and not
the ship's comm-liaison receiver. I mean on large planes,  PBY PBM and
such.

 
 The 18-27 MHz band was likely intended for listening to the carriers TBAs 
 (4-26 MHz 1kW, General Electric) on CW. These monsters were oddballs, not 
 conforming to the "standard" 2-18 MHz coverage for shipboard 
 transmitters. They must have been popular, as they stayed in production 
 from 1930 to 1943. Most were on capital ships, but some saw shore useage.

-Early GO's covered up to 21 or 27 MHz, didn't they?  I would think they
were VERY squirrely at those  frequencies, plus the  erratic skip  nature
of those  freqs would be a liability for Nacy coms.

  
 > -I can't guess why the 375 stayed in production.
 
 The bulk of the orders seem to be 1942-43, but some (including Stewart 
 Warner sets) have 1954 orders. 
 
 Of course, it could just be inertial.
 
-If really manufactured in 1954, that would be almost criminal, IMO.
Also, i don't see how this could be, when the military could just have
gone to G&G, Esse, Arrow, etc. and bought ones on the surplus 
market for less.
Regards - Hue Miller