[Milsurplus] Re: [ARC5] SCR-274-N Transmitter Dial Accuracy

[Neil]

Mike Morrow wrote:
> 
>> [snip]
>> I have often wondered how the users of the MF/HF commands sets
>> netted the receiver to the associated transmitter, since there is
>> no MONITOR/NORMAL switch such as is found on the SCR-287-A and
>> AN/ARC-8 UASSF liason sets which allows the receiver to monitor
>> the output of the transmitter.  [snip]

Why would a pilot want to net his receiver to his own transmitter?
Doesn't it make more sense for the Squadron Leader to key his
transmitter and all pilots turn on their BFO's and zero beat to him?
That process puts everyone's receiver on the same frequency.
Of course it doesn't ensure that their transmitters are all on the
same frequency, but they are not adjustable by the pilot and must
have been calibrated by the pre-flight ground crew anyway.

73 de Neil ZL1ANM