[Milsurplus] [MMRCG] Speculations on ground radios of the fifties

[mstangelo at comcast.net]

Jim,

Do you have any documentation on the ERA couplers? I have a couple of them and was thinking of would like to use them as-is instead of modifying them.
I've attached a description of the coupler.

Thanks and 73,

Mike N2MS

> On 04/30/2026 12:58 PM EDT Jim Whartenby via Milsurplus <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
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> 
> John
> It took me dozens of years of looking to find the first ARC-21 but like the Volkswagen bug, you rarely notice one until you own one, then you see them everywhere! Getting the two multi pin connectors for the R/T was almost as expensive and buying an R/T unit!
> 
> The last missing piece for my system was the RCA designed antenna coupler. Found one at a Pennsylvania antique radio meet a few years ago. Never thought that I would ever find one since the ERA coupler seems to have outperformed it as well as being smaller and lighter!
> Jim
> 
> Logic: Method used to arrive at the wrong conclusion, with confidence. Murphy
> 
> 
> On Thursday, April 30, 2026 at 11:21:53 AM CDT, John Vendely via Milsurplus <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
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> 
> Howdy,
> 
> Great stuff you guys found on the developmental history of the ARC-21 
> and ARC-38. I got a big kick out of reading it.
> 
> I always wanted to do an ARC-65, but even in The Old Daze I never came 
> across any which were even partially intact. One still occasionally 
> sees bits and pieces of ARC-21s and -65s, but that's it...
> 
> 73,
> 
> John K9WT
> 
> On 4/29/2026 9:07 PM, Nick England via Milsurplus wrote:
> > Some background on the RCA mod of ARC-38. From a 1961 USCG publication.
> > PDF Attached
> >
> > Why am I doing these searches? - I don't give a flip about airborne
> > radios! I just get caught up chasing down web ratholes...
> >
> > Nick England K4NYW
> > Chapel Hill NC
> > www.navy-radio.com
> >
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