Just Scored a BCB Command Set..

[Findm-Keepm]

Originally Posted by jr_tech

When I was a kid, I had several ARC-5 receivers to play with... I think that they were similar design... never saw one that covered the broadcast band. Great fun to play with, and actually fairly decent sensitivity. War surplus price was quite low.
jr

Not exactly WWII, but the Korean War-vintage ARN-59 ADF set receives Broadcast Band. The Navy had them in helicopters, but rarely used them beyond crew entertainment. When I was stationed at NAS Norfolk, one of the helo squadrons had a VIP helo, once used as Marine One for President Johnson. We maintained the ARN-59 for it. Pilots would get flight time by hovering for 30 minutes while listening to the AM Rock station. Heck, the Automatic Pilot (ASE) did the flyin' - they just jammed to tunes from the ARN-59... The 30 minutes of hovering counted as one fight hour, just enough to get flight duty pay.

If you do get an ARN-59 receiver, get the dynamotor (28v input) and the control box with the mechanical tuning cable. Just don't bother with the indicator, or the loop antenna. Works great as a narrow band AM receiver without them, 600 ohm output and all.

Cheers,