[Milsurplus] [ARC5] RU/RAT/RAV/RAX vs. GO, 1939 and Later

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Quite a few pre-war and early war sets were ordered pretty much throughout 
the War.  Several SCR-178 components have 1943 Order dates.  BC-224's were 
ordered into 1944.  Etc.

In a message dated 6/10/2011 12:11:52 AM Central Daylight Time, 
wh7hg.hi at gmail.com writes: 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: arc5-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:arc5-bounces at mailman.qth.net] 
> On
> Behalf Of Mike Morrow
> >I ignored the 1941 RU-18 liaison receiver set.  I guess there must have
> been some
> >call for a 12-vdc installation somewhere as late as 1941.  They must have
> used a
> >GO-9 or a GP-7 with it.
> 
> This may have been for replacement purposes much like ARC produced some 
> ATA
> transmitters after the AN/ARC-5 equipment was in production.  (I have 
> one.)
> This may also be why ARC handed that off to WE; they had shut down
> production of the Model D based equipment to concentrate on the Type K 
> based
> equipment.  
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Michael, WH7HG ex-K3MXO, ex-KN3MXO, WPE3ARS, BL01xh ex-Mensa A&P PP BGI 
> 

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