[Milsurplus] [ARC5] Command Sets "side by side" trans and rec ?

[Michael Hanz]

They hacksawed a single receiver rack and screwed it into the right hand 
transmitter rack slot, Hue.  Then they extended the rear connector to 
the back of the receiver rack.  Murder most foul, and to an ARC-5 rack 
which is pretty rare.

Picture 11 of 16

But then they were so cheap back then...
- Mike KC4TOS

On 9/29/2023 9:01 PM, Hubert Miller wrote:
>
> I happen to really like the look of the ‘Command sets’ use that has 
> the trans and rec side by side in a 2- transmitter rack.
>
> This is shown in the book, ‘Command Sets’, 1957, page 36, “Command Set 
> Special”. However, that article says hacksaw
>
> work is required to modify the 2 – transmitter rack, and i would not 
> do that to any unhacked rack.  This work is necessary
>
> to somehow mount a receiver rack into the 2-transmitter rack.
>
> This side by side rec and trans ensemble showed up on Ebay. The trans 
> is a junker and the rec is nothing to write home
>
> about, but this configuration intrigues me, probably because i really 
> like the idea of “Novice ham radios”. So my question is,
>
> how does this work, can you just set the receiver down in one bay of 
> the 2-transmitter rack ?  Without using any receiver
>
> rack at all ?
>
> In the Command Sets book article, what and why is hacksawed? As i 
> said, i would not hacksaw any intact rack. I do have
>
> some intact cherry condition Command sets, but no racks, so i’m kind 
> of unfamiliar with them close up, and how a receiver
>
> will  simply drop in. Also just occurred to me, the protrusions on the 
> rec ‘local control adapter’ look different spaced than
>
> those securing protrusions on the transmitter, which must be why the 
> referred to article shows home – fabricated securing
>
> links which are longer than the ones on a receiver rack.
>
> https://www.ebay.com/itm/186095845625?mkevt=1&mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&campid=5338722076&customid=&toolid=10050 
> <https://www.ebay.com/itm/186095845625?mkevt=1&mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&campid=5338722076&customid=&toolid=10050>
>
> “*Aircraft Radio Transmitter T-18 ARC-5 Navy With Baseplate”*
>
> What think?
>
> -Hue Miller  K7HUE,
>
> Newport, Oregon
>
>
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Michael Hanz - KC4TOS
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