[Milsurplus] 24 Volt BC-312's & KC-97L

[Scott Johnson]

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From: "Mike Morrow" <kk5f at earthlink.net>
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Sent: Monday, May 16, 2005 10:24 AM
Subject: RE: [Milsurplus] 24 Volt BC-312's & KC-97L


> Francesco wrote:
>
>>I remember getting inside a KC-97 ... It was 1985, an I was
>>surprised seeing the ship equipped with an APX-72 and a 618T.
>
> That seems very reasonable, except that I'm surprised any KC-97s were 
> still around in 1985.
>There is a KC-97L on Static display at Volk field, WI, that is configured 
>as such.  We (Phoenix ANG ) traded our KC-97's for KC-135's in the 1978-79 
>time frame.  Funny thing, the KC-135's had the ARC-65 and APX-64 at the 
>time, and the KC-97L's we traded in had the 618T and APX-72!  When we got 
>the -135's, they didn't even have a victor comm, the SAC bases didn't need 
>it, bu ANG AC were fitted with wilcox 807, after about 8 yrs we went to the 
>ARC-186, Now WE are receiving block 40 Pacer CRAG RVSM, which rids us of 
>almost all the old stuff, with the exception of the ARA-25 UHF homing 
>adapter!
> The APX-72 was one of the most common IFF sets in the US military from the 
> mid-1960s to the 1980s.  We even used the APX-72 as the IFF set on the 
> ballistic missile submarine I served on.
> I still maintain APX-72's for many warbird customers, thae military was 
> using them as late as 2003, maybe still, although most have moved to the 
> APX-100 with the advent of TCAS.
> The 618T was likely an AN/ARC-94 (618T-2) or -102 (618T-3).  I believe 
> that this set was manufactured for about 25 years.  It can likely lay 
> claim to being the most popular and long-lived aircraft HF set ever made. 
> A beautiful unit!

The 618-T was manufactured from 1959 to at least 1988, could be later, 
that's the latest data I have!
>
> 73,
> Mike / KK5F
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