[Milsurplus] ARB surplus dealer conversion on Ebay ?

[Ray Fantini]

The quality of the workmanship on that conversion excludes just about any commercial modification other than personal use. Any boat large enough to have 120 volts AC would have real type accepted radios and no need for something like that. I can see things like ARN-6 and 7 sets along with Loran sets being adapted and used but with the exception of radios like the TCS or other radio combinations with the ability to have crystal controlled transmitters cannot see anyone going along with attempting to use something that cobbled together in a commercial application.
And from what I remember HF AM marine service at least in all the small civil craft had to be crystal control on the transmitter in order to meet type acceptance, maybe they had tunable receivers but I never saw any tunable receivers apart from the AM broadcast band and the low beacon band on any of the old AM marine radios.

Ray F/KA3EKH

From: Milsurplus [mailto:milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Francesco Ledda
Sent: Monday, February 20, 2017 8:56 AM
To: Mike Morrow <kk5f at arrl.net>
Cc: milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] ARB surplus dealer conversion on Ebay ?

Probably modified for marine use after WW2.



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On Feb 19, 2017, at 22:35, Mike Morrow <kk5f at earthlink.net<mailto:kk5f at earthlink.net>> wrote:
I see nothing but a typical grossly ham-modified ex-ARB.

Mike / KK5F
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From: Hubert Miller
Sent: Feb 19, 2017 10:07 PM
To: "milsurplus at mailman.qth.net<mailto:milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>"
Subject: [Milsurplus] ARB surplus dealer conversion on Ebay ?


George has an ARB on Ebay
https://picclick.com/CRV-46151-ARB-WW-II-USN-AIRCRAFT-RADIO-192109150189.html#&gid=1&pid=1

I wonder if anyone has seen this commercial conversion before. The crudely cut and stuck on Dymo labels are user-added; i mean the
stampings indicating bands. I don’t think this is a “marine conversion” because i believe marine users wouldn’t need the really basic
band markings like “SHIPS” or  “SHORTWAVE”.  The plain alu panel in the lower right also looks a bit crude for a commercial conversion.
What think?
I have a BC-348 with a stamping in the upper left top, “MODIFIED FOR A.C.  READ INSTRUCTION SHEET”. I thought at first it might be a
( original ) factory conversion but the A.C. PS is not up to OEM quality.
-H
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