[Milsurplus] 1950's Navy airborne HF question

[Mike Hanz]

Yup...they got the dregs of war from the fleet.... :-P

Mike Morrow wrote:
> Mike Hanz wrote:
>> ..land based training aircraft with "updated" surplus ARC-5
>> equipment was probably a natural result.
>>     
> The R-23, R-26, T-19/ARC-5 installation in my photo clearly
> shows an unpainted antenna relay without meter switch...yes,
> it shows a SCR-274-N BC-442-A antenna relay being used in
> an AN/ARC-5 system.  I suppose some scrounging had to be
> done, and a BC-442-A would work every bit as well as a RE-2.