[ARC5] IN-83 Question

WA5CAB at cs.com WA5CAB at cs.com
Sat Sep 11 11:07:21 EDT 2010


OK.  Not many here will have ever have seen the inside of an FT-237.  And 
USAF don't like people remembering that they were once in the Army.  :-)

In a message dated 9/11/2010 9:59:16 AM Central Daylight Time, 
aaf-radio-1 at aafradio.org writes: 
>   Agree.  I corrected the web page a half hour before receiving your 
> e-mail below.  It's hard to change an e-mail, though.  Sorry for the 
> faux pas.
> 
> On 9/11/2010 10:47 AM, WA5CAB at cs.com wrote:
> >Mike,
> >
> >Technically, IN-83 is Signal Corps nomenclature, not AAF.  The same
> >insulators are used in for example the FT-237 Mount for SCR-508, 608 and 
> 808.
> >
> >In a message dated 9/11/2010 9:12:45 AM Central Daylight Time,
> >aaf-radio-1 at aafradio.org writes:
> >>    Couldn't find anything definitive with google, so I put a page on 
> the
> >>three most common USAAF antenna feedline insulators (IN-81, IN-82, and
> >>IN-83) on my web page:
> >>
> >>http://aafradio.org/docs/aircraft_antenna_insulators.html
> >>
> >>When I get some time I'll add some of the external antenna insulators
> >>and tension units, both Army and Navy.
> >>
> >>73,
> >>Mike  KC4TOS

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