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100 Watt HF (200 kc-18.1 mc) AM-CW-MCW Airborne Transmitter. 
Initially, the U.S. Navy’s designation was ATC. Under the Joint Army-Navy contracts it was re-designated T-47A/ART-13, and when the Low-Frequency (O16) module is installed, T-47/ART-13A. 
At 90,000 units, the ART-13 was one of the Collins Radio Company’s highest production items during WW II. 
This product was the world’s first Military Automatically-tuned, 10-channel, HF transmitter available for airborne use. The ART-13 was installed on U.S. Army Air Corps B-24, B-25 and B-29 bombers and, in time, other military aircraft including several U.S. Navy Aircraft. 
Many of these transmitters were still in use by the military in the early 1970’s and continue to be of interest to Radio Amateurs to operate Antique AM on 40 meters.
[[File:ART-13 Front.jpg|center|800px|ART-13A, Front View]]
<center>ART-13A - Glam photo from when this one was brand-new – complete with an O16 Low Frequency Tuning module. Note that this is an early example, in that the ‘Channel’ and ‘Remote/Local’ switches are reversed.</center>
[[File:ART-13 Under Test.jpg|center|800px|ART-13, Under Test]]
<center>Example ART-13 undergoing humidity test under the watchful eye of Chief Engineer, Ted Hunter.</center>
== As Advertised ==
[[File:QST_may1945_large.jpg|center|800px|ART-13 Advertisement]]
<center>May 1945 issue of QST</center>
The key component that made the ART-13 the Frequency Hopper of 1941 was the patented Autotune® mechanism. Arthur and his mechanical engineers created this device in 1932 and first applied it to the [[17D]] transmitter sold to Braniff Airways in 1938. It was therefore quite mature when it was incorporated into the ART-13’s design.
[[File:QST_sep1944_large.jpg|center|800px|ART-13 Autotune Advertisement]]
<center>September 1944 issue of QST</center>
== External Links ==
General Information and Restoration Suggestions at:
* [https://www.radioblvd.com/art13.htm Radio Boulevard]
== Circa ==
1940

ART-13 - Revision history

Larry: Created page with "100 Watt HF (200 kc-18.1 mc) AM-CW-MCW Airborne Transmitter. Initially, the U.S. Navy’s designation was ATC. Under the Joint Army-Navy contracts it was re-designated T..."

Larry: Created page with "100 Watt HF (200 kc-18.1 mc) AM-CW-MCW Airborne Transmitter.
Initially, the U.S. Navy’s designation was ATC. Under the Joint Army-Navy contracts it was re-designated T..."