[Milsurplus] Re: GP-x Transmitter, RAX Rcvr? + TU Wanted

[Michael Tauson]

In answer to my previous statement:

> > The ATA/ARA on to the ARC-5 were designed for remote control, not local.

On 11/5/06, William Donzelli <wdonzelli at gmail.com> wrote:

> ...and the control boxes are where half the sins are.

I don't see it, but you're looking at them through different eyes than
I am.  I see something where one of the original design constraints -
as compact as possible - was carried out admirably.  You see them as
something different.

As a rule, the pilots had a minimum of fiddling to do with the control
boxes in flight.  All the needful things were done on the ground
(including tuning the receivers, setting the mode and all that other
cool stuff) so all he had to do was turn the radios on and select
which ones he wanted.  Oh, and adjust the volume to something comfy.

One exception to this was the BC-453 et al LF receiver when it was
also used for radio direction finding (for when an MN-26, BC-433 or
ARN-6 wasn't available) since it might have to be retuned on a cross
country hop which included several beacons.  However, that didn't
happen a whole lot in either theater so there again, the receiver
could be pre-tuned and forgotten.

Again, an opinion based on the design criteria and all that sort of stuff.

BEst regards,

Michael., K3MXO/KH6