[ARC5] SCR-274-N

[Mike Hanz]

Gordon White wrote:

>I wonder if A.R.C. had a chance to test actual transmitter installations 
>in aircraft such as the B-17, etc.? They owned an aircraft that was 
>based at their field, but it was obviously not a 4-engine job. I don't 
>recall seeing ARL or NRL tests on full size aircraft. Mosts of the tests 
>were done on the bench. I have to assume that A.R.C. at Boonton had some 
>kind of mockup arrangement to simulate large metal aircraft.
>

I sorta doubt it, Gordon.  This was a design aspect with *all* aircraft 
radios, and extensive nomographs were made to assist radio manufacturers 
in understanding how the airplane fuselage affected antenna design and 
resulting interface criteria.  One of them I posted on my website - 
http://aafradio.org/docs/Aircraft_Antenna_Design.html

73,
Mike