We had the ATC (paired with an ARR-41 or ARR-15 as I recall) in some of the P-2Vs in the late 60s-early 70s along with an ARC-38A to talk to the SSB airways stations. It was an impressive and noisy event to watch/listen to the autotune spin the dials on the ATC/ART-13 along with the ARR-15 Rcvr!! That autotune was loud sitting between those R-3350 engines, so I imagine it must be deafening in your typical hamshack!
When the squadron graduated from the P-2 to the P-3, we upgraded to a pair of ARC-94 (Collins 618T)transceivers with an ARR-41 (so-called mini R-390) installed so we could listen to time signals or the BBC! We had ARR-41s in our C-130s up until a couple of years ago (the old F models, not the newer Ts or USAF Hs.) Everytime I go past Davis-Monthan AFB in Tucson, I just imagine what a goldmine of ART-13s/ATCs/ARR-41s/ARC-94s/etc must be out there in the field! I wonder what the breaker yards outside the gate do with all the BA radios they remove? 73 Tom/W4OKW USN Ret -------------------orig msg---------------------------------- Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2008 12:43:19 -0500 From: "jeremy-ca" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [AMRadio] My latest toy has arrived, an ART-13A A couple of Mil urls say into the 70's. I wonder what used anything that old or a plane that old? Maybe the Guard? Mine is Navy and Ive no clue when it was surplused but all tubes are WW2 era codes. Carl KM1H ______________________________________________________________ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:[email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
