[Milsurplus] ARR-15 receiver parts wanted

[Mike Morrow]

The mounts for the AN/ARC-2 and the AN/ARR-15 are great rarities.  Each includes a 24-pin connector and connection box as part of the mount.

The RT-91/ARC-2 or RT-298/ARC-2A may use:
MT-421/AR or MT-421A/AR

The R-105/ARR-15 or R-105A/ARR-15 may use:
MT-461/ARR-15 or MT-461A/ARR-15

Good luck finding them.  I have never seen an MT-461*/ARR-15 on ebay.  (But then, I haven't paid mucb attention to ebay in almost ten years.)  Through a different source 20 years ago, I obtained a complete wired AN/ARR-15 set with mount and control box.  That is the only MT-461*/ARR-15 that I have seen since I got my first R-105/ARR-15 from USNAVMARCORMARS in 1969.

I have seen a couple of MT-421* mounts on ebay in the past 20 years.  One sold (to me) for a very low final bid.  There is little doubt that the lack of bidder interest was because the MT-421A/AR nomenclature did not obviously and explicitly tie it to the AN/ARC-2*.

The USN AN/ARC-25 is the combo of the AN/ARR-15 receiver and the AN/ART-13 transmitter, aimilar in concept to the USAAF AN/ARC-8 combo of the AN/ARR-11 (BC-348-*) and the AN/ART-13A.  It is the predecessor to the USN AN/ARC-38.  By far, the single most difficult part of the AN/ARC-25 to obtain today is the MT-461/ARR-15.

Good luck to anyone on this quest!  I hope you are young.  :-)

Mike / KK5F