[Milsurplus] AN/PRC-66 Guard Channel Module

Tue, 2 Sep 2003 20:42:52 EDT

Actually, I would have said that the Classic UHF set was AN/ARC-12, a mod of 
AN/ARC-1.  The ARC-27/55 were made in much larger quantities, whatever the 
quantities were.  I had an ARC-12 once upon a year, but it was during my 
"inactive" period in the early 80's.  Gave it away and never did find another one 
later.  Haven't even seen one mentioned here in years.  And then I quit collecting 
aircraft sets (finally ran out of space at three storage buildings) and 
didn't look any more.

In a message dated 9/2/2003 7:30:38 PM Central Daylight Time, 
[email protected] writes: 
> 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  
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: William Donzelli 
>   To: Morrow, Michael A. 
>   Cc: 'BRUCE S' ; [email protected] 
>   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.
> 

Robert Downs - Houston
<http://www.wa5cab.com>
<[email protected]>

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