[Milsurplus] Re: TAJ NIB on Epay

[David Stinson]

-----Original Message-----
>From: "neil277 at juno.com" <neil277 at juno.com>
>Subject: [Milsurplus] Re: TAJ  NIB on Epay
>
>Looks like it was accepted by the Navy in Dec 1944.

>That late 1945 date stenciled on the crate might have been when it was
>declared excess... ?

The "Accepted" date is the date that, typically at the factory,
a resident Navy inspector ran an "acceptance test" procedure
and blessed the rig as good enough to ship out.
It may have sat for some time before being crated.
This is the origin of the "ACCEPTED"  and "ARC"
dates on the backs of ARC-5 units; one is the maker's 
inspection, the other the Navy's Acceptance test.
That's also why they aren't consistent as to which one
came first; they were two seperate procedures,
not always conducted in the same order.
Stromberg units have only the Navy's Acceptance stamp,
as they appear to have relied on that for quality control.
A.R.C. did their own in-house testing (at least some of 
the Navy A.R.C. marked sets were built by another off-site
contractor).
73 Dave S.