I know this is late but *sigh* personal issues
All you folks going to Dayton, I have a shopping list however wont be able to cover anything until 1 June when the eagle does his thing with my VA pension. If nothing comes by this, I shant be all upset and stuff[1] but rather will just keep my beg list (which is what this really is) going until its all fulfilled. Sooo to preserve order in the universe and to keep from seeing this aperiodically but frequently, which is probably more important, it would be kind of cool if at least one or two items would be able to be removed. That way Ill get all happy and wont remember to post it for a while. All would be a fantasy come true but not one I could afford. This list is items needed for the assorted ARC displays. A separate one later down the road will cover other projects and whatever I missed on here. Unless otherwise noted, quantity is one each. Used (and experienced) condition is fine with occasional additional notes. Group 1: ARC displays SCR-274-N 1. FT-225 modulator shock mount or at least the frame. 2. BC-456 modulator with good dynamotor [2] 3. BC-451 Tx control head [3] SCR-A*-183 1. BC-A*-229/-429 Rx with tube cover & snap slide angle thingies [3] 2. Bare metal BC-A*-230/-430 tube cover 3. Two each VT-52 tubes or some form of working 45 [4] 4. Two each MC-215 local tuning knob [8] ARA/ATA 1. 46106 (preferred) and/or 46105 Rx [3] 2. 23243 Tx control head [5] 3. 29125 antenna relay [5] AN/ARC-5 1. T-22 Tx [3] 2. C-29 Tx control head [5, 6] 3. RE-2 antenna relay [5] 4. Tx mating connector from AN/ARC-5 rack (J-67/-68, ARC p/n 9296) RU-16/GF-11 1. Rx coil set (in order of preference) 47099, 47108, 47088 or 47112 [7] 2. 23097 Tx control head [3] 3. 23049 Antenna relay [3] 4. One each of the following Navy connectors: 37, 77, 121, 134, 135, 233, 236 5. Tube cover for 46051A Rx 6. Tube cover for 52063A Tx 7. 23022 local tuning knob [8] 8. Four snap slide angle brackets for front & rear of Rx & Tx Type 12 & related equipment 1. TV-10 or CV-431/AR [3] 2. Six (or more) M-11(A) shock mounts 3. Six (or more) M-12(A) shock mounts 4. M-23 Shock mount (for R-20 75 MC marker beacon Rx) 5. Two each 16743 & 16744 connectors [9] 6. Two C-13 Tx control boxes and two M-16 (MT-78/ARC-5) mounting plates 7. One each C-16 R-11 control box & C-18 loop control box and two M-18 (MT-75/ARR-2, FT-235-*) mounting plates 8. Five J-10 jack boxes 9. Three J-13A (28v) or J-15A (28v) junction boxes 10. Six 6357 (MC-211, MX-22/ARR-2) right angle adaptors 11. A-12 rod antenna [10] 12. One or two A-15 VHF L antennas 13. A-16 UHF L antenna 14. Two L-10 loop antennas Type 15 & related equipment 1. Two IN-10 VOR/ILS crosspoint indicators [11] 2. A-13 VOR/ILS antenna 3. C-22 control box for R-13() and M-18 (MT-75/ARR-2, FT-235-*) mounting plate Related Items (for all above equipment) 1. #20 clear vinyl over white woven fabric (fiberglass) wire 200-300 [12] 2. #16 clear vinyl over white woven fabric (fiberglass) wire 30-40 or so [12] 3. Control head for the electrically tuned R-4A/ARR-2. 4. Material for single screw terminal strips. [13] 5. Spline adaptors for SCR-274-N, ARA/ATA, AN/ARC-5 or Type 12 tuning cables. [14] 6. About a dozen short lengths of the above cable [14] 7. Two (or more) ARC 11937 microphones [15] 8. Two (or more) ARC 11935 headsets [15] 9. A-14 antenna for ARC CM-10 VHF Communicator 10. Eight 1-2 double cone insulators for antenna feedthrus [16] 11. Eight 1 double cone or other insulators for antenna feedthrus [17] 12. Five aircraft wire antenna tension springs 13. Two antenna masts similar in shape to AN-104 [18] 14. 3-4 dozen crimp-type BNC connectors and right angle adaptors [19] 15. 100-150 RG-58C/U cable [19] 16. ARC 18802 (MX-2871/ARN) tuning knob for MK-427( )/ARC 17. Copy of TM 11-6625-384-12 for MK-427( )/ARC 18. Copy of any wiring information related to ARC FES-1240 NavCom system or at least the C-77 control head Notes: [1] Not true. Ill likely go out and have a good hearty pout followed by a sulk at length. [2] Whats needed here is a decent dynamotor assembly to go with the primary SCR-274-N rig and a scrungy BC-456 to go with the shop-assembled Jeep-mounted SCR-274-N from the 1943 photograph Ive posted a few times. The modulator can be dinged & dented but otherwise sufficiently intact so that it can look right although experienced and work more or less properly. [3] These items should be restorable to more or less original cosmetic condition as well as full function. For the grey or black wrinkle items, holes can be allowed since they can be patched and wrinkle paint can hide a lot of sins. [4] This I dont seriously expect to happen at any sort of affordable amount but I thought it was good for a laugh. [5] These ARA/ATA & AN/ARC-5 components are interchangeable for my purposes. [6] I have a push-button C-30/ARC-5 that I can use if one of the other control heads doesnt appear. [7] Only one coil set is needed. It will go with my 47141 Tx coil for 40m operation. [8] These are interchangeable so I really only need one version or the other. I still need three total though. [9] This can be anything from two of each to four of one or the other since I can file down the keys for the wrong ones. [10] I only need the actual rod itself. I have the base and a broken rod. [11] These can be single needle VOR/ILS indicators without glide slope indication. I dont know the ID for them. Sorry. [12] This is the wire used in civilian aircraft through the 50s and into the 60s before it was phased out for new installations. Ill be using it for the majority of the ARC Type 12, Type 15 and later equipment. For my Type 11 and Type 15(A), I want to use the earlier woven fabric over rubber wiring that was still in use in the early 50s for new installations. (That is fairly easy to find via auto restoration supply houses.) I can probably get away with #22 in place of the #20 for most wiring not carrying primary current since the current is low and the wires relatively short. [13] I need to make single screw tie strips for the SCR-A*-183/-283 and GF/RU junction boxes. These will be 3/4 wide and 3/8-1/2 thick black phenolic or something I can pass off as black phenolic. Each one will be 5-1/2 long to accommodate five connections and two mounting screws. Each system needs four such strips for a total of twelve plus a spare or two just in case. [14] For the primary SCR-274-N and assorted Type 12 & Type 15 displays, I need 15 tuning cables about a foot long and four 3-4 long. In addition the roughly 3 long cable with the MK-427()/ARC test equipment is only the housing with no inner cable. Thats 20 cables totaling 30-34 and requiring 40 ends for both cable and housing. Add in 3-4 of cable and a few ends for the oops factor. I have available two 6 or so lengths with good ends along with one of unknown length with one good end and one end with no fittings and the outer casing unraveling. The shortfall is obvious and needs to be covered. Mike Hanz has the drawings to machine all except the spline adaptors and Ill make what I can however there is still a shortfall of cable & adaptors and Im not sure I can make all of the cable and/or housing ends in a timely fashion. (Im also not sure my lathes are up to the challenge. My Taig vs. his Harding? Aint gonna happen!) [15] One set each of these goes to my CM-10 VHF Communicator and MK-427( )/ARC test set. Civilian RS-38 type mics and HS-33 type phones with rubber cushions will go to the other civilian systems. [16] Four of these are for the wire antennas on top of the display setup and two for the marker beacon antennas underneath. Two of the wire antennas are for military HF use and two of the wires & both of the marker beacon antennas are for the civilian side. Two are to cover the oops factor. The civilian ones can probably be toward the small end of the range with the two military ones somewhat heavier. [17] Two pairs of these are for home made VOR/ILS antennas (Thank you, EAA!) and two singletons are for home made VHF antennas. In both cases, the antenna rods replace the usual feedthru screw thingie. Two of the insulators are to cover breakage or other mess ups. [18] These are for the end supports for the military wire antennas. I may be able to get a local wood working club to make these for me. I hope. [19] All of the civilian ARC equipment uses coax and BNCs for everything carrying RF including leads to wire antennas. Many of the leads are short, going from unit to unit in a given system. The rest go to antennas and the length will vary. I lost count of the total number of RF leads I need but an upper limit of two dozen seems about right. 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