[Milsurplus] AN/ARC-3

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Jack
Use to maintain ARC-3s and ARC-27s when I was in USAF in the early 1970s.
 And I was in Ground Radio*!  In that time, only had one problem with an
ARC-3.  A bad channel cause by associated crystal.  Dropped the crystal
about a foot off of the bench to repair it!  ARC-27s seemed less reliable
then the ARC-3s but that may be because they were used more often.
Regards,
Jim
*For whatever reason, at Mactan, RPI, the MPN-13 Comm gear was the
responsibility of 305X4 types.


On Wed, 16 Jun 2004 23:47:01 -0700 "Jack Antonio" <scr287 at sbcglobal.net>
writes:
> An AN/ARC-3 set made it on the air tonight. About
> 8 watts on 144.4 AM, 
snip
> Lastly, it seems that just about all the ARC-3 units
> I have seen are well used. My speculation is that
> most of the ARC-3 units procured actually saw service,
> very few were procured only to sit in a warehouse till
> surplused.  Any comments?
> 
> 73
> 
> Jack Antonio WA7DIA