[ARC5] Enola radio gear.

[Kenneth G. Gordon]

On 9 Apr 2010 at 2:12, Mike Hanz wrote:

> Leslie Smith wrote:
> > Now, to legitimise this posting, can anyone say what radio 
> > equipment was used on the Enola Gay?
> 
> Possibly... :-P     But I've only been working on it for a decade or
> so, and I'll readily admit there are still mysteries I am trying to
> solve, like the AN/ARC-3 sets under both the flight deck and midships
> observer decks...we only have records on one of them.

Hmmmm....why two sets? 

Also, I think the AN/ARC-3 sets were a significant advance 
over previous gear. The military must have thought so too, 
since the AN/ARC-3 sets morphed into at least two further 
types with a whole lot more channels, while remaining basically 
the same.
 
> I placed some overview info on the aircraft at 
> http://aafradio.org/NASM/Enola_index.html and on the crew positions at
> http://aafradio.org/NASM/Enola_avionics_narrative.htm

Thanks, Mike. I have always throughly enjoyed your setups.

On another note, I have always thought the AN/ARC-2 was a 
particularly neat piece of gear. I wish I knew more about it.

Ken Gordon W7EKB