[Milsurplus] AN/PRC-66 Guard Channel Module

[BRUCE S]

Hi William & all,
Actually, I have found just the opposite to be true.  I have been able =
to latch on to beautiful post war ARC stuff with little or no indication =
of use.  It may be my location (the heart of aircraft dismantling and a =
one time great surplus location) but even when I lived outside of Phila =
the surplus at Lakehurst was fantastic as far as quality  & quanity =
went.  I agree there are some real oddballs out there in fact your =
ARC-57 sounds interesting.  I once pulled an ARC-55 from a helicopter =
that had been converted from an ARC-27A to 55 configuration (still have =
that radio).  I also have complete ARC-27A's and a few ARC-55's(I think) =
if anyone is looking for a complete radio, I also have the proper =
mounts.  For my perpective, these radios were a marvel of the times and =
really neat to get up and running, they are though a bit noisey!
Bruce =20
  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: William Donzelli=20
  To: Morrow, Michael A.=20
  Cc: 'BRUCE S' ; Milsurplus@mailman.qth.net=20
  Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 12:58 PM
  Subject: RE: [Milsurplus] AN/PRC-66 Guard Channel Module


  > The classic UHF command sets that were used just about everywhere in =
just
  > about everything for decades (such as the 1950s AN/ARC-27 and -55 =
series,
  > the 1960s AN/ARC-51 series, and the 1970s AN/ARC-164 series) will =
never get
  > the respect and interest that they deserve from most military radio
  > collectors, I fear.

  I think one of the problems (other than being ham-unfriendly) is that=20
  they tend to be pretty rare, and when found, beaten beyond belief. At=20
  least this is what I find! Quite a few of the ARCs were produced in=20
  quantities of several hundreds or thousands - not the five or six =
digits=20
  found in World War 2 aircraft sets. It seems that the military was=20
  loathed to give them up too early, as well.

  I have a bunch of AN/ARC-27 modules, if anyone needs parts. I also =
have=20
  some AN/ARC-57s (UHF radio for the Hustler, a real oddball) for trade. =
I=20
  am currently looking for the control box and rack for an AN/ARC-33 =
(one=20
  of the very recent new toys).

  William Donzelli
  aw288@osfn.org


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