[Milsurplus] ARC 65 vs ARC 58

[John Hutchins]

Yes - I to remember..... Followed by a train of Numbers .....  And 
scrambled voice transmissions at times ?
or do I remember wrong.  tuned to 8.993 and 11.something
Hutch

On 6/29/2012 8:09 PM, C.Whitaker wrote:
> 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.
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
>
>
> 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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