[ARC5] More on the "No HF" Myth

[Todd Bigelow - PS]

I realize it's long after the fact and things could have been changed
since the 1940s, but I've been through two B-17s in the last decade and
both had BC-348/BC-375/SCR-274N gear installed. I looked the aircraft
over pretty well(spent two days in one) to see if anything was
missing(any large gaps, patterns of holes where shockmounts could've
been mounted, etc), didn't see anything to indicate any other gear had
been installed.

Sure, a lot could have happened since then and things could've been
changed or modified, but I've never seen any VHF gear in any of the
docmentation for these planes over the years, either. I was always under
the impression that plane-to-plane communications generally utilized the
SCR-274N gear(including bomber-to-fighter), and plane to ground(at least
in bombers)used the liasion set - ART-13 or BC-375. But then, it was
only within the last decade or so that I found out about the SCR-522 set
being used in P-51s, so I still have a lot to learn. It's certainly
interesting to listen to folks who actually know about this stuff...

David Stinson wrote:

> More:
> Was just looking at the official manuals for the
> B-24, B-25 and B-17F aircraft, circa 1943 and 1944.
> None specify installation of a VHF command set.
> All specify installation of SCR-274N.
>
> 73 Dave S.