[ARC5] ZB Discussion

[J. Forster]

It would have been possible to use an ELINT receiver to find the carrier
frequency, then a panadapter to find the IF, but doing it in time to be of
tactical use would be pushing it for WW II gear, I think.

Best,

-John

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> A friend of mine who was a USN radio technician during WWII told me that
> both the sector codes and the transmission frequencies were changed
> multiple times during the day and pilots had to look at a chart they were
> provided with in order to figure out what code to use when.
>
> I would presume that the encoding frequencies (IF settings) were changed
> too, but I would guess that happened less often.
>
> My friend also says that the pilots were told until they received the
> signal, were told to note the altitude where reception first occurred, and
> they given charts that enabled then to equate reception altitude with
> distance from the carrier, presumably simply based on Line of Sight.
>
> Now I wonder if all of the ZB and ARR-2 installations were accessible by
> the pilot of a single seat fighter?  It sure sounds like it if they had to
> change frequencies.
>
> Thanks for the info!
>
> Wayne, WB5WSV
>
>
>
>
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