[Milsurplus] ATD

[Mike Morrow]

Jay wrote:

> I am looking for the L.F. tuner for the ATD.

Does that mean you've come across one of the rare LF/MF tuning units for the ATD?

My ATD has the external LF/MF antenna coil, but no tuning section for the frequencies covered by the antenna coil.  One would have supposed that the LF/MF tuning unit would have been standard, rather than the oddball .54 to 1.5 tuning unit.

It's just another sign that the ATD likely saw almost no active service, which is a shame.  Technology- and capability-wise, I think the ATD pairs up with the ARB receiver much better than does the ATC.

The Navy never had a receiver that matched the capability of the ATC/ART-13.  Even the later AN/ARR-15 had no LF/MF capability that matched the O-16/ART-13, nor could receiver mode be selected remotely.

Mike / KK5F