[ARC5] RF Ammeter Puzzle

[Bob Macklin]

Bombers and cargo aircraft had both the ARC-5 and ART-13/BC-348 radios. The
ARC-5 were used for plane to plane and plane to tower. The ART-13/BC-348 was
used for long range communications.

Fighters only had the ARC-5 radios.

Bob Macklin
K5MYJ
Seattle, Wa,
"Real Radios Glow in the Dark"


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <WA5CAB at cs.com>
To: <ARC5 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2008 8:17 PM
Subject: Re: [ARC5] RF Ammeter Puzzle


> Both sets were used in most of the same types of aircraft (quantity wise,
> anyway).
>
> In a message dated 2/27/2008 9:45:20 PM Central Standard Time,
> sbjohnston at aol.com writes:
> > The ARC-5 was made for short wire antennas on aircraft, wasn't it?
> > Those antennas would have quite low radiation resistance (which is the
> > load that pulls the current detected by an RF ammeter).  The ART-13
> > might have been designed for longer antennas with higher radiation
> > resistances.  The lower the resistance, the greater the current, for
> > the same power.
> >
>
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