[Milsurplus] ARC-1

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Jack,

I didn't try to find the item but it is probably the 50-Channel mod done by 
CAATC for Pan Am in '51.  I had an NOS kit at one time but it now belongs to 
another list member.  I did keep a copy of the instructions, though.

In a message dated 6/29/2004 12:36:15 PM Central Daylight Time, 
scr287 at sbcglobal.net writes: 
> I just saw an interesting RT-18/ARC-1 over on
> the auction place, interesting in that it appears
> to have been modified for more than the 10
> normal channels.
> 
> Anyone have any info on that mod? 
> 
> Specifically wondering how multichanneling
> related to the autotune system. If the tuning
> heads are unchanged, then it seems to me
> that all the additional frequencies would have
> to be  clustered around 10 spot channels.
> 
> Also looks from the nameplate that it was
> a civilian mod.
> 

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