[Milsurplus] CW-184/CRT-3 Antenna Question

[Mike Morrow]

Robert wrote:

>CW is the nomenclature for covers, bags and rolls.

Sometimes this JAN nomenclature was even applied to the covers for unused plugs on equipment.  The covers for unused small and medium diameter connectors of the AN/ARC-5 were, IIRC, the CW-4/ARC-5 and the CW-5/ARC-5.  (This use of CW is not to be confused with USN nomenclature like CW-49507, where the CW means the item was made by Western Electric.)

I've always thought that this was carrying the JAN-system just a little to far into micro-detail, worse even than the assignment of JAN numbers to individual sub-assemblies of a unit, such as assigning O-215/ARC-38 to the SMO sub-assembly of the RT-311/ARC-38.

Mike / KK5F