Collins ART-13 WWII Transmitter in operation.

In 1940 the Collins Radio Company designed a new radio transmitter for the US Navy. The transmitter, Navy designation ATC, was later re-designated under the Joint Army-Navy (JAN) system as T-47/ART-13. The Army Air Force adopted a slightly improved version as the T-47A/ART-13, most made by Stewart-Warner. The USAAF matched the AN/ART-13A with the BC-348 receiver, whose -R and -Q models were known under the JAN system as the AN/ARR-11. The resulting communications system was known as the AN/ARC-8 and was the liaison radio set on many larger USAAF aircraft beginning late in World War II. Some were still in service in the early 1970s.
The earlier AN/ART-13 was widely used in post-World War II Navy aircraft, being paired up post-World War II with the Navy's AN/ARR-15 auto-tune receiver. The resulting communications system was known as the AN/ARC-25. Its replacement began with the Collins AN/ARC-38 AM transceiver in the early 1950s, which in turn was upgraded to the AN/ARC-38A USB transceiver in the late 1950s. The Russians made nearly exact copies of the AN/ART-13 transmitter (called RSB-70 and R-807) for use on their military aircraft. It is thought that they obtained AN/ART-13 units from battle damaged B-29 bombers that landed in Russia during World War II. It was well known that the Russians copied the B-29 bomber calling their version the Tu-4.Enola Gay, the B-29 Superfortress bomber that dropped "Little Boy", the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan was equipped with the AN/ARC-8 combination. The AN/ART-13 is used today by ham radio operators interested in restoring and operating historic military gear. It is often paired with a BC-348 military receiver of World War II vintage or the later AN/ARR-15 autotuned receiver of postwar vintage.

[@stevecanyon23]

I am absolutely amazed by this piece of history. The mechanical function of dialling in is so unbelievable. I admire the people that put their grits into this machine. My motto with my old '42 Jeep and '44 GMC is "Keep Them Rolling". With your machine the motto could be "Keep Them Squelching". Thank you for sharing this video.

[@E._V._A]

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[@cindys1819]

In the 1950's to early 70's you could get a good ART-13 in New or nearly new condition for like $25 to $35. If you knew where to look. Some guys got them free "where they were stored" our fathers and uncle's got these and typically built robust power supplies. They were a step up from the command sets. But as kids we quickly found out that ART-13 could go on the AM Broadcsst band!!! Some covered different parts of the band. But one kid's father had one that covered the WHOLE AM band...So when your father or a relative who was a ticket holder wasn't watching. Like after school or your parents were out, we'd get on and become the new hot Rock and Roll DJ In the area for a couple of hours. Or we'd "comment" on local girl's or on Sundays we'd get on and drown out all the preachers saying we were a voice of 😈 evil...🤣🤣🤣 the arts were amazing constructions and we also learned how to cause unbelievable TVI from a 80-100 watt rig. Also we learned with other Xmitters how to cause TVI on a specific TV channel. We were real monsters. Hey it was the 50's what did you expect? Good citizen novices and technicians? We were inspired by all the mayhem on Science Fiction Theater and SciFi movies like GOG and the Magnetic Monster. A lot of kids built huge Tesla and Odin coils then tuned them for max RF emissions. One time in the 1960's I loaded my father's Johnson Desk top (remember) into my 13 foot Christmas Tree and had a 11 meter CB band contact in Connecticut...Of course, nobody in 4 or 5 blocks could watch TV. I still know a lot of those guys and we all have golden memories of our exploits and the Hams that on occasion tried to find us and turn us in. Boy did they promptly regret it. 😉🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@AdamosDad]

I love seeing these old survivors. I worked on 40's equipment while I was in the USN.

[@elanpaim33]

more noise then anything yakkkkkkkkkkkkkk

[@RD-cw9ik]

WOW what a piece of history to have, good luck.

[@lfh003]

This is part of the system I used from 1960 to 1964 in a WB-50D (56th Weather Recon) at Yokota AB, Japan. Our aircraft had the ARC-8 (ART-13/BC-348Q) running through a CU-32. Two mounted antennas and a trailing wire. It was easy to tune and I do not remember ever having a system failure. Our work was 90% CW with AIF8 (Yokota) and AIE2 (Guam). The BC-348Q , using the BFO, could tune into SSB airway stations. A really great memory from this video.

[@cindys1819]

In the 1950's when we were kids you could buy a NEW condition ART-13 for like $25-$30!! Only thing is you had to make your own power supply. The ART was the move up from command sets. So your father or uncle got an ART and almost instantly us kids found out that the ART had the AM Radio band!!. 🤣🤣 All you needed was a long wite we could put up a tree and we could become our own R&R DJ or drown out the preachers on Sunday or have our own on the air talk shows on saucy subjects like Jacki Or Pamela in the 3ed or 4th row.... Hey, we were all tech brats and this was the 1950's So.....

[@phillindower8550]

It's a very high tech device for it's day. Next time you explain it, please stay off of the juice. Way too obvious. And it's a turn off.

[@homebrewer7]

I had to use the cu-32 While operating around Greenland. Landing and or operating on a lake never had a problem getting my signals out. Water was a great antenna. Sa-16 albatross my favorite aircraft. We flew when nothing else could get off the ground. Flew total blind many times. Radar could not track us at times.

[@davidburke2186]

I just started collecting Collins ww2 radios, what part of Tennessee are u in ? I’m in sevierville

[@АндрейАлександрович-у5л]

Очень интересный агрегат. Русские у вас скопировали его когда им было хреново он у них называется р-807. Покажите блок питания?

[@ichabodon]

You Americans sure know how to make good radios.

[@homebrewer7]

Greetings from Indianapolis Indiana

[@Waton_Mangap]

The megatron radio.😁.... very....very cool...radio.....

[@carloslarocca4381]

Fantastico el ART 13

[@Snakeeyes9909]

So basically to have a good setup you would need a transmitter to talk into and a recover to hear what your saying?

[@PressureProTN]

That is correct. Takes you back in the old days :) Ill make a video this coming week of it being in operation with a hammarlund HQ-150 receiver.

[@TerryMcKean]

Nice set...plus, the optional crystal oscillator is installed in yours, nice bonus...what crystals does it have?

[@PressureProTN]

unfortunately there is no crystals. I use it daily and works great. love it.

[@TerryMcKean]

Right on! ... :)

[@Snakeeyes9909]

Yes thanks!

[@Snakeeyes9909]

Can you actually hear stuff out of it?

[@PressureProTN]

It's not a receiver. so you cant hear anything but you can talk into it. It has a microphone and I use it ever evening on 3.885mhz. Great transmitter. works awesome. thanks

[@davidbusch9240]

WOW I love it. !!!!! I would love to operate that transceiver. Can't believe it's automatic that really surprised me. Thank you for sharing 73's from KR4AW