[Milsurplus] RC-103, RC-193, AN/ARN-5.

[Mike Morrow]

Jack Antonio wrote:

>And navigation sets, how many out there(besides me) are
>actively collecting the stuff for a working RC-103?

I am!  But in addition to the RC-103 (BC-733) VHF localizer receiver, one has got to include a R-89/ARN-5A UHF glide slope receiver and a RC-193 (BC-1333) marker beacon receiver to complete the late WWII-era radio landing system electronics package.

I'm still missing most of the connectors, the FT-292 and -293 mounts for the BC-733 and -732, and antenna for the BC-1333.  Got everything else, including the distinctive AS-27/ARN-5 antenna for the BC-733 and R-89/ARN-5.  None of it is of any practical value whatever.  But I like it and consider it a significant example of the technology, which is essentially unchanged today except for a greater number of operating channels.

I wish I could find out more technical details about the USN's abandoned version, which used ZA or AN/ARN-9 gear.

73,
Mike / KK5F