[Milsurplus] USN: ARB receiver used with GP-7 transmitter?

[William Donzelli]

> The USN never did have a receiver that matched the capability of the ART-13
> until the ARR-15 came along post war.  I wonder if there was ever a USN
> 1940-era design proposal for a receiver (pre-ARR-15) that matched the
> frequency range and remote control features of the ART-13 that was being
> developed at that time.  After all, the ATA had the ARA, and the ATB was
> supposed to go with the ARB.  What receiver was going to match the ATC?  I
> doubt that anyone had anything in mind in 1940 that looked like the ARR-15.

I think the AN/ARR-15s were the first, although they apparently took their
time in the lab (the development contract was mid 1943, and only the
production prototypes were around by war's end. The first "real" ones
being 1946 maybe?). The ATC, on the other hand, was "just" a smaller
version of the Navy's shore based Autotune sets from the late 1930s, so
there was some experience with the 10 channel Autotune transmitter going
into the ATC development.

William Donzelli
aw288 at osfn.org