[Milsurplus] Manual advice...

[WA5CAB at cs.com]

Rick,

T.O. 12R2-2ART13-1 last revised 26 September 1968 is the final version (it 
had several earlier numbers) of the Operator's Manual on all five models 
commonly (and incorrectly) known as "ART-13".

T.O. 12R2-2ART13-2 revised 25 June 1958 is essentially the only version of 
the Maintenance Manuals to cover AN/ART-13B.  It does not cover modification, 
but if you are getting a T-412/ART-13B, that shouldn't be a problem.

Also, there was never any AN/ART-13B around in 1944.  Didn't come out until 
the early 50's.  The critical part (The CDA-T that makes it a "B") was first 
built for Pan American World Airways in the summer of 1948.  The Air Force later 
bought them and the modified T-47A's became T-412/ART-13B's.

I'll take the Fifth on BAMA.

In a message dated 1/17/2006 9:05:09 PM Central Standard Time, 
rickbras at airmail.net writes: 
> I have or will have a Navy AN/ART-13-B (circa 1944) and need to get a 
> service and operators manual.  I've looked at the various places that 
> provide copies and there seem to be several that may or may not cover my 
> needs.  As you can tell, I am relatively new to the military radio 
> scene.  Could someone advise me as to which manual(s) I need?  I'm sure 
> BAMA has most, if not all, of them, but with my dial up connection I'd 
> be too old to read them by the time they downloaded.
> 
> I am also curious, was there ever an AC supply made for the ART-13 
> series?  If so, they must be scarce as hen's teeth.  A supply to handle 
> the voltages required would not be that difficult to home brew, but I 
> would like to use the original design if there ever was one.
> 

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