[Milsurplus] ARC 65 vs ARC 58

[C.Whitaker]

Mike,
I don't remember Sky King saying anything
about "This is whoever........"
I heard them a lot, and I knew of a couple of
places the transmissions were made from.
"Sky King, Sky King, Do not answer.  Do Not answer"
Then the text.
Remember ZNB?
73  Clete  AI2CPN then.
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On 6/29/2012 1:59 PM, Mike Morrow wrote:
>> Everyone must understand the urgency for reliable
>> communications in the 1950's and 60's.
> And 1970s, 1980s, 1990s etc.
>
> The most important function for a nuclear delivery C and C
> system is *reception* of the Emergency Action Message
> and Permissive Action Link codes by the delivery asset.
> Many here can recall those frequently heard "Sky King this
> is Democrat do not answer..." broadcasts on HF USB in decades
> past.
>
> Strategic assets do not spend much time transmitting anything.
> My SSBN 35 years ago, if all went well, on a 70-day patrol transmitted only on a commercial VHF-FM marine handie-talkie,
> only when leaving and returning to port.  AN/BRR-3 receivers
> were the heart of the one-way SLBM C and C comms (and PALs
> were not part of SLBM control until a couple of decades ago.)
>
> Regardless of that, the USAF appeared to want more transmitter
> power.  The RT-128A/ARC-21, in spite of only a 100 w output
> output *rating*, is likely the AM power champion in pre-SSB
> times.  The USB version RT-400/ARC-65 is 400 w-pep, while
> the R-761 and T-605/ARC-58 is 1000 w-pep.
>
> BTW, there was a commercial version of the AN/ARC-58...the
> 18Z-3.  The R-761 part was the 618C-3.  Collins commercial
> model numbers never were overly logical.
>
> FWIW, to me the AN/ARC-58 (B-52) and the AN/BRR-3 (SSBN) are
> the best examples of cold war strategic communications gear
> that will ever be reasonably easily obtained.
>
> Mike / KK5F
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