[Milsurplus] Prototypes

[Mike Hanz]

Possibly, though I would have thought it would have a 
MX-XA-9/ARM-1(XA-1) suffix on it if that were the case, Jay.  Never got 
inside it, so can't speculate.  It's not shown in my ARC-3 manual as a 
part of the ARM-1.

jay_coward at agilent.com wrote:

>Hi Mike,
> Could this be some sort of bench test box for the ARC-3?  I'll look in my manuals tonight.
> Jay
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>I placed a photo of an MX-XA-9/ARC-3(XA-1) at 
>http://members.cox.net/aaf-radio-4/ARC-3_XA-1_box.jpg.  It's about the 
>same width as the box on the rear of an AN/ARC-1 rack.  I haven't had 
>any time to delve into its internals...the plug looks like one from the 
>VRC series with that coax pin, dunno for sure.  It's a strange mixture 
>of ARC-5 bits and pieces - there are no ARC-3 parts on it that I can see 
>externally.
>