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

[William Donzelli]

> 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.

Why stop there? You need all the versions of the AN/ARN-5, all the way to
the -D. And then all the versions of the marker beacon receiver, from the
BC-301 to your BC-1333. Fair has all the FT-161s you will need to mount
them.

And then the transmitters...you will fill half your house with all those
AN/CRNs.

Oh, and the test sets...*

> 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.

Are not the connectors pretty easy to find? It seems to me they are pretty
standard.

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

Keep an eye open on Ebay - every so often a ZA tech manual pops up. I have
never seen a manual for the otransmitting end, however.

* I have gobs of various WW2 radio and radar test sets, but the market for
these is really, really small. I wish people would start collecting them.

William Donzelli
aw288 at osfn.org