[Milsurplus] Re: [ARC5] Re: Collings Foundation

[Mike Morrow]

Roy wrote:

>...I could only guess 
>what it would take to keep a suite of the ARC-5's,  the BC-375 and BC-348 
>running.  Shipping a spare BC-348 across the country to replace a dead on 
>on the aircraft would likely not be cost effective.

Plus there aren't any facilities using HF AM anymore.

Do they actually use AN/ARC-5 units (very incorrect for USAAF...those were USN sets)?  I've actually seen some USAAF bomber "restorations" that did have AN/ARC-5 transmitters in place of where SCR-274-N units should have been.  Someone really dropped the ball there!

How about the most widely used command set of the ETO, the VHF-AM SCR-522?  I don't think I've ever seen any of these bomber restorations that restored that.

It would also be nice to see the RC-103 and AN/ARN-5 ILS gear, and the SCR-269 ADF, the RC-93 marker beacon, and the SCR-595 IFF stuff installed.  This stuff is still pretty easy to obtain, but it won't be forever.

Mike / KK5F