[Milsurplus] Comparison of Navy vs Army Air Corps equipment

[w8au at sssnet.com]

At 06:46 PM 7/2/06, windy10605 at juno.com wrote:  (Kees)
>I would assume there are many people out there with the expertise to
>supply a specification comparison between these two medium power CW/AM
>rigs for hams ....
>
>Navy TCS setup and Army Air Corps BC-348 with ARC-5 Tx's and MD-7
>Modulator. I believe these were both very typical ham installations in
>the 50s (got my license in 1960).

The ARC-5 gear was much more popular.  Aircraft gear was much smaller 
and lighter.  Cheaper, too.

>The popularity of the ARC-5 stuff is always high, the TCS seems to vary
>...sometimes it's high sometimes it goes away ...really don't know why
>....other than they "look dull". But this question is about performance
>and capability, not aesthetics . Believe they were quite popular in the
>late 40s and 50s.

Fair Radio sold them (as I remember) but their cost was far higher 
than the ARC-5 stuff.  Navy gear, being bigger and heavier, never 
became popular until about 20 years ago..

Perry w8au