{"id":41195,"date":"2019-12-15T08:23:40","date_gmt":"2019-12-15T12:23:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=41195"},"modified":"2019-12-15T08:23:40","modified_gmt":"2019-12-15T12:23:40","slug":"restoration-of-a-usn-version-of-the-arc-5-command-set-receiver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/restoration-of-a-usn-version-of-the-arc-5-command-set-receiver\/","title":{"rendered":"Restoration of a USN version of the ARC-5 command set receiver"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(Source: Southgate ARC<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Gregory Charvat N8ZRY\u00a0writes on Hackaday<\/a> about an un-modified-since-WW2 surplus CBY-46104 receiver with dynamotor.<\/p>\n

He writes:<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been told all my life about old-timey Army\/Navy surplus stores where you could buy buckets of FT-243 crystals, radio gear, gas masks, and even a Jeep boxed-up in a big wooden crate. Sadly this is no longer the case.<\/em><\/p>\n

Today surplus stores only have contemporary Chinese-made boots, camping gear, and flashlights. They are bitterly disappointing except for one surplus store that I found while on vacation in the Adirondacks: Patriot of Lake George.<\/em><\/p>\n

Read the full story at
\nhttps:\/\/hackaday.com\/2019\/12\/12\/wwii-aircraft-radio-roars-to-life-what-it-takes-to-restore-a-piece-of-history\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Video<\/h2>\n