[ARC5] arc-5 BCB RX seen

[Mike Hanz]

Mike Morrow wrote:

>I wasn't sure that the VHF AN/ARC-5 was being deployed by mid-1944, but there's the proof!  That is a great set of photos of the VHF homing and communications gear, though I didn't see the C-30/ARC-5 and C-42/ARC-5 control boxes for the VHF command set in the cockpit area.
>

Nor did I.  Not surprising, given the abundant sprinkling of avionics 
throughout the airframe.  I suspect they're to the left or right of the 
pilot/copilot but there are no photos of that area.

>Is that the interphone amplifier above the ATC, inboard the LM? 
>

Yup. - RL-24-*

> And what is that box with the handle on it below the RAX-1?  It doesn't look exactly like an ATB meter box, which was my first guess.  
>

Very close! It's the storage box for an ATB Tuning Unit.

73,
Mike