[ARC5] ZB discussion!

[J. Forster]

Unlikely, IMO. Planes can have troubles any time they are off the ground.
A crippled plane on a hazy day could really need the system.

-John

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> Which reminds me that the YG transmitters need not to have been turned on
> till some time after the aircraft had reached their target destinations.
> Mike W6MAB
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bob Macklin" <macklinbob at msn.com>
> To: "Discussion of AN/ARC-5 military radio equipment."
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> Sent: Monday, May 24, 2010 10:43 AM
> Subject: Re: [ARC5] ZB discussion!
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>> And military airfields in WWII had those beacons on the top of their
>> towers.
>> They were only turned on when necessary for incoming aircraft. They were
>> not
>> left on for use by the enemy!
>>
>> Bob Macklin
>> K5MYJ
>> Seattle, Wa.
>> "Real Radios Glow In The Dark"
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Michael Bittner" <mmab at cox.net>
>> To: "Discussion of AN/ARC-5 military radio equipment."
>> <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Monday, May 24, 2010 10:36 AM
>> Subject: Re: [ARC5] ZB discussion!
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>>
>>> Mike, I'm in general agreement with everything you have said, and BTW,
>>> belated thanks for posting the link to the manual.  However, I will put
>>> one
>>> more angel on the pinhead by reminding that the first system of
>>> aircraft
>>> homing beacons in this country operated at angstrom wavelengths and the
>>> beacons were installed at points along designated flight routes.
>>> Pilots
>>> "navigated" along the route in the dark by visually homing from one
>>> beacon
>>> to the next.  Mike W6MAB
>>>
>
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