[Milsurplus] Those Troublesome ARC-2 Dynamotors (and other Collins oddities)

[Mike Morrow]

Dave wrote:

> If you want proof that Collins, despite so much good work, could
> really screw-up a design,  take a look at the PTO band switching
> in the ART-13 and at the dynamotor mounting in the ARC-2...

...or the RCA phono plugs kludged as RF connectors on the S-line, the
most expensive ham gear available 45 years ago.  Someone must have used
political influence to get a flimsy piece of ham gear like the KWM-2A
the JAN nomenclature of RT-718/FRC-93 (applied to the set, if at all,
using a sticky-back metal foil label less durable than what Heathkit
gear used).

Mike / KK5F