[Milsurplus] Timonium hamfest - ARC-3 Controls

[Mike Morrow]

John wrote:

>ARC-3 stuff almost never shows up "this neck of the woods". Anybody
>got a spare ARC-3 control head that would like to make a deal, give
>me a shout.

The early "box-type" control unit, the C-118 or C-118A/ARC-3, seems quite hard to find.  It's a pushbutton affair that appears, like the C-30/ARC-5, to have been inspired by that BC-602 abomination that is used with the SCR-522-A.  The C-118(*) lacks a volume control, but has audio jacks.

The later AN/ARC-3 "panel-type" control unit, the C-404A/A, is my favorite.  It uses a selector switch instead of the complex and heavy pushbutton assembly in the C-118, and it has a volume control.  It lacks audio jacks.

Will Donzelli had C-404A/A panels for sale at one time.  BTW, where is Will?  I've seen no recent posts from him on any of the lists.

Mike / KK5F