[Milsurplus] ARC 65 vs ARC 58

J. Forster jfor at quikus.com
Thu Jun 28 19:05:05 EDT 2012


It's ALWAYS worth doing the experiment. Often you realize your model is
wrong.

-John

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> On Thu, 28 Jun 2012, Boeing377 wrote:
>>
>> In a USAF sponsored round the world flight test of airborne RTTY
>> conducted by Hughes Aircraft Co. the ARC 65 consistently outperformed
>> the ARC 58. Both sets were flown aboard a T 29, (mil version of Convair
>> 340?). Many times in marginal conditions the ARC 65 got through when the
>> 58 couldn't. The best the 58 could do was match the 65. It never beat it
>> in this test.
>
> That sure seems like an expensive way to do a comparison.  You'd think
> laboratory measurements could more easily show which set performed better.
>
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