[Milsurplus] [ARC5] ARA: Canadian Rework to 12 VDC?

[J. Forster]

The units I got were the airborn Tx-Rx. The associated indi8cator is the
BC-929-A. This is Rebecca.

The two cubes sounds like the ground component, the AN/PPN-1 (Eureka)

-John

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> de WB2CPN
> Were they the two cubes that the ground station
> sat on a table?  Was the aircraft indicator a scope
> with a line of fish bones?
> Clete
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> On 10/23/2012 8:58 AM, J. Forster wrote:
>> CAE, in Dorval outside Montreal, did remarkable work. As a kid, in the
>> late 1950s, I bought a pair of AN/APN-2 (Rebecca-Eureka)
>> Receiver-Transmitter units that had been remanufactured by CAE. I still
>> have one.
>>
>> Each was packed as new and included Final Test documents. From what I
>> can
>> tell, the only change was a replacement of the original Tx tuning
>> mechanism, which had 5 discrete frequencies, with a continuously
>> variable
>> micrometer drive.
>>
>> BTW, if anyone has an APN-2, unmodified, please emil me off-list.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> -John
>>
>> ===============
>>
>>
>>> Recently been resurrecting a 1.5-3.0 MC ARA
>>> that was refurbished by Canadian Aviation Electronics in 1952.
>>> Unlike most of the Canadian reworks I've seen before,
>>> this one retained the original "bathtub" caps.
>>> This set has been changed to 12 VDC operation and has
>>> a 12-Volt dynamotor on the back.  The wiring changes
>>> aren't "factory quaility," but neither do they look "hacker."
>>> Kinda "middling" quality- not clear either way.
>>>
>>> The Australian wireless giant, Amalgamated Wireless (Australasia)
>>> (AWA), reworked many SCR-274-N sets for 12 VDC
>>> in the post-war period.  Is there any indication that
>>> Canadian Aviation Electronics did any official 12-volt conversions?
>>>
>>> 73 DE Dave AB5S
>>>
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