[Milsurplus] Re: [ARC5] VHF AN/ARC-5 more small details

Mon, 8 Mar 2004 19:36:47 -0600

I've got a T-23 in the rack that has an earlier contract date.  It reads:
2808 WF-42.  Further more, it has no socket hole in the chassis for the 815,
whereas the T-23 on the shelf with the 7461-WF-43 number does have the
socket hole.  More fuel for the fire...

Keep 'em glowin',
Brian    wj0p

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Morrow" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2004 9:42 AM
Subject: [ARC5] VHF AN/ARC-5 more small details

> The contract numbers on the AN/ARC-5 VHF components that I've seen all
have
> Army-type order numbers of 7461-WF-43 on them.  I have a two-transmitter
> rack MT-71/ARC-5 with that same order number on a black and silver paint
> phenolic screw-held name plate just like those on almost all the VHF
> components made by Western Electric.  Yet it has "CBY" on the plate, so it
> must be A.R.C. made.  It surprised me to find an AN/ARC-5 rack that didn't
> have a familiar rivet-held metal with blue paint name plate, and that
A.R.C.
> made components on the 7461-WF-43 order number.
>
> Isn't it odd for a set which seems to have been predominantly a
USN-utilized
> set to have an Army-type order number on it, even in light of the VHF
> components being a direct descendent of Western Electric's VHF SCR-274-N?
> For that matter, what about all those R-1/ARR-1 receivers that have
> Army-type order numbers on them, but also USN anchor ink stamps on the
> paint?
>
> Best regards,
> Mike / KK5F
>
>
>
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