[Milsurplus] ARC-4 NOS sets available

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There was also a ground vehicular variant (MAH), and it was carried by some 
of the Fleet boats for use in downed aircrew rescues.

In a message dated 06/17/2016 15:37:25 PM Central Daylight Time, 
kk5f at earthlink.net writes: 
> Jeff wrote:
> 
> >Boy that brings back memories. 
> >did the Surplus conversion to one of these when in High School. Was my 
> first 2m 
> >AM rig back in the day. 25 Watts of plate modulated AM and a good 
> receiver.
> 
> The RT-19/ARC-4 has a very marginal receiver on both of the plane-to-plane 
> and the plane-to-ground front ends.  There is just a local oscillator 
> chain and mixer plus three common IF stages.  There is no RF amplifier stage, 
> but it surely could have used one.
> 
> The transmitter produced less than 10 watts output.
> 
> I've had several in the past 45 years, and I still have one complete 
> all-original system.  I found one RT-19 in 1970 that actually had the 
> appropriate test meter installed in the panel...the only example of such that I've 
> ever seen.
> 
> These are historically interesting sets.
> 
> Mike / KK5F
> 

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