[ARC5] Re: [Milsurplus] item of interest - UK vs. USA VHF/UHF

[Ed Zeranski]

.....IMO, pilots likely have little patience when in the air and HF
propagation can
be variable, so they would immediately start cranking on the remote if a
reply
was not forthcoming. Trying to renet would be difficult at best.

-John

Oh Lawdy Me!!!!  The same can be said for back seat weapons officers in F4
Phantoms. I worked nights at a rework flight test facility on F4B/N aircraft
in the '70s. The adjustments for the radar indicators were available to what
ever sat in the back seat and the worst thing going was a test flier with a
5/16 socket and itty bitty screwdriver. Sometimes they could turn an
imagined glitch into a major alignment. The trouble ticket/job order was
usually signed off as "loose nut on hand control".

EdZ