[Milsurplus] ARC-65

Mon Dec 5 23:52:10 EST 2011

I have seen a few ARC-21 transceivers.
Some had a vacuum variable in the PA, others had 
a open vane variable enclosed in a plastic container, oil filled.
The tuning was done by upsetting a balanced bridge.
When a new frequency was selected, the bridge 
would be rebalanced by 400 cps servos.

Could have been a servicing nightmare.

73
Glenn
WB4UIV

At 09:28 PM 12/5/2011, jzonfrelli at comcast.net wrote:
>When I was stationed at Davis Monthan AirÂ 
>Forcre base in 1968, we got several ARC-65 
>transceivers with the "long tube" antenna 
>tuners. (From MARS). The ARC-65 was a mechanical 
>wonder. It was very heavy. The newer 618T-3 was 
>a great radio to work with. JustÂ my opinion , , 
>, I liked the T3 better. joe 
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