[Milsurplus] Prototypes

[Bruce Stewart]

Hi all,
Everytime I have run into a piece of mil gear with the XA-1 designation next 
to the equipment type, it was always a prototype or within the first few 
units built for evaluation.  The last unit I got was an ARC-164 (XA-1), this 
was one of the first units to have the control as an integeral part of the 
radio for the later panel mount units versus the box one place in the 
aircraft and the control in another.
Bruce


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "William Donzelli" <aw288 at osfn.org>
To: "Mike Hanz" <AAF-Radio-1 at cox.net>
Cc: <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, September 03, 2004 9:21 AM
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Prototypes


> > 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.
>
> An odd thing, for sure. Thanks!
>
> William Donzelli
> aw288 at osfn.org
>
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