[Milsurplus] RT593/ARC147, Now RT-953/ARC-147

[Francesco Ledda]

The one in the picture is an ARC-51BX on a MRC-107.

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On May 27, 2013, at 9:44 PM, Mike Morrow <kk5f at earthlink.net> wrote:

> Hi Jim,
> 
> I hope you won't mind if I post this to the milsurplus list, since
> there may be folks there wondering about what you've got cornered. :-)
> 
> Does your unit look like this RT-953/ARC-147?
>  http://www.onejp.ru/lot/w77731223
> 
> If so, it appears identical (even the control box) to the RT-742/ARC-51BX:
>  http://www.radiomuseum.org/r/collins_rt_742arc_51_bx_arc_51.html
>  http://members.home.nl/a.k.bouwknegt/index_bestanden/ARC51_UHF_Transceiver.htm
>  http://members.home.nl/a.k.bouwknegt/index_bestanden/Pictures/ARC51-Top.jpg
> 
> The Collins AN/ARC-51BX was one of the most commonly-used UHF command sets
> of the mid-1960s to late-1970s.  It's mostly solid-state, but there are,
> IIRC, four UHF vacuum tubes in it.  There should be a fair amount of web
> info on the 51BX, and manuals show up on ebay.
> 
> I know about all those socket-head Allen screws.  I bought a set of long
> T-handle Allen keys.  I don't think there are 50 of them, though.  I have
> two AN/ARC-51BX units.
> 
> The AN/ARC-51BX was beautifully made, very expensive, and an important radio
> set.  I'm not sure of the differences, if any, between it and your AN/ARC-147.
> There was an similar set as part of the AN/ASQ-19
>  http://web.tiscalinet.it/milradio73/ASQ_19/radio_asq19.html
> 
> I doubt there are many useful parts in it unless they are being cannibalized for
> repair of something similar.  If it doesn't strike your fancy much, you might
> want to put it on ebay, or offer it on one of these mail lists.  AN/ARC-51BX
> units without control box typically don't bear a lot of high bidding on ebay,
> but the -147 might spark more interest because of the unusual nomenclature
> on an apparently common set.
> 
> You'll get some web hits on AN/ARC-147 as a VHF navigation set on UH-60's,
> but that is in error...the set being addressed there is the AN/ARN-147.
> 
> 73,
> Mike / KK5F
> 
> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jim Pruitt
>> Sent: May 27, 2013 8:59 PM
>> To: Mike Morrow
>> Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] RT593/ARC147
>> 
>> Hello Mike.
>> 
>> No,  I transposed the first 2 numbers.  It is an RT953/ARC147 and the one 
>> site I found just says that it is a uhf radio set and nothing more.  I could 
>> find no other sites, other than a report from a military unit that had 
>> several of them and were listing the inventory.  I found no site that told 
>> me any more about it other than it is 225mhz to 400mhz.
>> 
>> I would just open it and look but there must be 50 or more allen screws to 
>> remove to get the cover off and I have no long allen wrenches to make it 
>> faster so I was just trying to determine if it was even worth opening for 
>> parts or not.
>> 
>> Thank you.
>> 
>> Jim Pruitt
>> 
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Mike Morrow"
>> To: "Jim Pruitt"
>> Sent: Monday, May 27, 2013 6:40 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] RT593/ARC147
>> 
>>>> Can anyone point me to information on an RT593/ARC147?
>>> 
>>> I don't think there was a JAN nomenclature of RT-593/ARC-147.
>>> Anything with an "RT-593" component assignment would likely have
>>> been years before anything that got a "ARC-147" system assignment.
>>> 
>>> Are you sure you listed that exactly and correctly?
>>> 
>>> Mike / KK5F
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