[Milsurplus] [ARC5] GO-9, ATC, ATD, RAX-1, ARB Remarks

[J. Forster]

David,

If you need components from an ARB, I have one that has been badly
butchered but still has much of the guts. No dyno, bandswitch motor,
connectors. It is not restorable, IMO.

Best,

-John

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>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike Morrow" <kk5f at earthlink.net>
>
>> There's a mid-WWII USN training manual that has a section in the back
>> that
>> lists the radio equipment on most USN aircraft.  In every instance, the
>> ATD
>> has the ARB is its companion.  Mike Hanz has a copy of this section at
>> http://aafradio.org/docs/Navy-radio-gear-1943.pdf .  The RAX-1 seems
>> associated only with the GO-9.  The ARB/ATD/ZB-*/LM-* combo is a perfect
>> contemporary radio technology match-up!
>
> I agree, Mike.  And I have an extra ARB.  But finding the parts for
> the ARB/ATB set was a minor miracle, and even so I'm still missing one
> piece.
> I won't say which because a certain gentleman, who is far kinder
> to me than I deserve, will rob his set to send it.  I feel guilty enough
> ;-)
> I can't imagine finding everything needed for another ARB set-up.
> If I build ARB / ATD, I've got two incomplete sets with ARB
> that will "bug" me every time I look at them.
>
> No chance I'll get a GO-9 this side of the grass.
> Got to pair the RAXs up with something, and ART-13s
> have been done to death.
>
> Yeah yeah.... I know...
> I keep re-reading your "perfect technology match-up"
> and it's working on me.....
>
>> Which brings up another remarkable item.  In this 1943 training document
>> there is *no* listing for the Collins ATC.  The ATD shows up in four
>> places
>> and the ATC in none. I've always doubted that the ATC was available
>> until
>> the late-1943 to early-1944 era.  Its omission in this 1943 listing
>> lends
>> some evidence for that.  I don't believe there's any likelihood that the
>> ATC was deployed in 1942, or even by mid-1943.
>
> You're spot-on.  I've never seen a single photo or document
> of  an ATC or ART-13 deployed until late.
> There's got to be a really good story about why the ATC sat on
> the shelf so long, but unless I hit the lottery and can spend about
> a year digging in musty old documents in Washingtoon,
> we're probably never going to know the story.
>
> 73 Dave S.
>
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