[Milsurplus] [ARC5] RAL, RBA, RBC Manuals and info needed

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I would lean toward the latter as well.

In a message dated 05/24/2016 18:07:43 PM Central Daylight Time, 
navy.radio at gmail.com writes: 
> Well, here's a chicken and egg situation....
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> The April 1941 issue of General Radio Experimenter introduced their new 
> type 774 connector which certainly appears to be the same as the Navy Type 
> 49120/49121
> www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-General-Radio/GR%20Exp%201941_04.pdf
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> But the Navy Type 49120/49121 was entered into the Navy parts supply 
> system 8/40 for RF Distribution in BB-55 (USS North Carolina). And the 
> RBA/RBB/RBC production contracts are dated April 1940. Was the North Carolina the 
> very first installation of these? - I didn't realize that. I need to check 
> some serial numbers the next time I visit.
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> So I don't know whether GR came up with the 774 on their own and then the 
> Navy adopted it, or the Navy contracted with GR to develop the 49120/49121 
> and then GR released the 774 commercial version. I'm inclined to think the 
> latter....but open to persuasion.
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> Note - the GR 874 connector was patented, but not the 774 - so maybe it 
> was a Navy project.
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> Nick England K4NYW
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> www.navy-radio.com
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