[Milsurplus] ARC/GRC(27)

[WA5CAB at cs.com]

No.  There could be as many "27's" as there are systems identifiers.  For 
example, there was also AN/TRC-27.  Nothing common between the three hardware 
wise.

I am curious, though, as to why they would have used the ARC-27 instead of 
the unpressurized AN/ARC-55, which I presume would have been lighter, 
cheaper, and had ventilation.

In a message dated 3/6/2010 2:04:59 PM Central Standard Time, 
w8au at sssnet.com writes: 
> At 02:40 PM 3/6/2010, WA5CAB at cs.com wrote:
> >The AN/GRC-27 was a UHF transmitter-receiver but not a variant of 
> >the ARC-27.  GRC-27 was as large as and weighed as much as the AN/WRT-2.
> 
> Yes, obviously a pretty heavy beast.  I went to "C" school for the GRC-27
> at Newport, but I know little about the ARC-27.  I made the assumption
> from the "27" designation.  And you know what the result of (ass u me) 
> is!:-)
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Perry
> 

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