[ARC5] re RU/GF sets

[Kludge]

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From: arc5-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:arc5-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On
Behalf Of Tom Clarke
> Funny you should mention carrying stuff back home in an airplane.  I 
> used to fly a KingAir 200 on a regular run to Bethpage, NY, the home of 
> LeRoy's big airplane company, i.e., Grumman Iron Works.

These were, of course, business trips.  :-)

>  I never missed 
> the chance to bring a couple of dozen fresh bagels back to MD. When I 
> blocked in at the end of the trip, the ground crew always knew where 
> Clarke had been with Dad's KingAir! Dad being the Admiral and the Beech 
> was his....he just let me play with it.

Official business at that.  And, of course, flight crews get hungry and
might tend to buy too much for the flight.  :-)

> That airplane had an ARC-199 HF that really made those long boring 
> flights a bit more enjoyable! No wire antenna, it had some kind of a 
> magic box that loaded up the skin of the airplane with a little slot in 
> the vertical stab. FM, as we called it (freakin' magic).

Hmmm ... Okay, I know slot antennas are used for VHF & UHF but this is the
first time I've heard of a relatively small slot used for HF.  Also ...
wasn't the airframe the ground which could cause real problems loading it as
an antenna.  Anyway, that goes past FM to PFM.  :-)

Best regards,
 
Michael, WH7HG BL01xh
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