[Milsurplus] Receivers for the ATD

[Mike Morrow]

>... there is no rule that says that a remoteable transmitter
>must have a remoteable receiver. 

Absolutely!  That's proven by those photos of the RAX-1 with the ATC, or even the BC-348 with the AN/ART-13A.  But in every case, this worked because there was a radio operator who controlled both the transmitter and receiver locally.

The first true remote-controlled receiver for the AN/ART-13 was the R-105(*)/ARR-15, but even that failed to match all of the remote-controlled capability of the AN/ART-13.  There was (1) no LF/MF beacon band coverage, and (2) no remote control of receiver mode (MCW or CW still had to selected locally).  

The USAAF/USAF did not adopt the AN/ARR-15.  It continued to fly the BC-348 with the AN/ART-13A or B for almost 25 years (though in ever decreasing numbers) after the AN/ARR-15 first appeared in naval air service.  My guess is that was considered acceptable because by the early 1950s on all the high-value, mission-critical USAF aircraft, the AN/ARC-8 was replaced by the AN/ARC-21.

Mike / KK5F