[Milsurplus] Remote tuning cable length ?

[Jim Whartenby]

HueNo maximum length of control cable is mentioned in the ARB manual.  It does mention that the control cable is supplied in 12 foot lengths with one connector already mounted.  I would imagine that the maximum control cable length is at least 12 feet.  I didn't look to see if there was a way to mate two control cables and extend the distance between the radio and it's control.
Have noticed a few AN/ARN-59 aka ARC R-30 ADF receivers listed on eBay lately.  Perhaps this radio is the last of the tube powered ADF radios?  All subminiature soldered-in tubes except for the BFO which uses an early transistor which is sealed into the BFO assembly.  Solid state ADF receivers seem to have more volume then this radio.
Jim

I wonder why people argue over the 10% of their differences and ignore the 90% they agree on?

-----Original Message-----
From: Hubert Miller <Kargo_cult at msn.com>
To: arc5 at mailman.qth.net <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>; milsurplus at mailman.qth.net <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Fri, Dec 11, 2020 10:26 pm
Subject: [Milsurplus] Remote tuning cable length ?

 <!--#yiv7724765498 _filtered {} _filtered {}#yiv7724765498 #yiv7724765498 p.yiv7724765498MsoNormal, #yiv7724765498 li.yiv7724765498MsoNormal, #yiv7724765498 div.yiv7724765498MsoNormal {margin:0in;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri", sans-serif;}#yiv7724765498 span.yiv7724765498EmailStyle17 {font-family:"Calibri", sans-serif;color:windowtext;}#yiv7724765498 .yiv7724765498MsoChpDefault {font-family:"Calibri", sans-serif;} _filtered {}#yiv7724765498 div.yiv7724765498WordSection1 {}-->Was looking thru my photos and rediscovered this. I see one ARB is locally controlled and one remote. This brings to mind a question: how long could the tuning cable be? I labeled this photo in my archive as "K-28 Blimp" but I have another photo with same label but has 2 RU receivers instead, with the same GP transmitter. Can you shed light on what lighter than air craft these actually should be labeled? tnx,  Hue Miller      ______________________________________________________________
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