[ARC5] [Milsurplus] Keys, mikes,and headsets question

[Bob Macklin]

I worked on B-29s in the mid 50's. The key was permantly attached to the 
radio operators table. This was also true in C-119s and C-54s.

The RO could use his own personal bug if he wished.

Bob Macklin
K5MYJ
Seattle, Wa.
"Real Radios Glow In The Dark"
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Subject: Re: [ARC5] [Milsurplus] Keys, mikes,and headsets question


> The only application information I have ever come across on the J-38 is
> that it was used in various code training sets, not operationally.  The 
> J-37
> could be used by itself if you fastened it down to a table or bench.  From
> what Mike just wrote that's probably what was done in aircraft. 
> Otherwise, it
> was the basic key in J-40,  J-43, J-44, J-45, J-47 and J-48.  J-41 is
> similar to J-37 but has additional contact and contact diameters are 
> larger than
> on J-37. Used in TG-5 and sometimes issued with radio sets using BC-191 or
> 375.  J-40 and J-45 are same except cord & plug.
>
> In a message dated 9/17/2010 8:25:49 AM Central Daylight Time,
> aaf-radio-1 at aafradio.org writes:
>>   It's a slippery slope, Jay.  :-\   You can get sucked in pretty fast.
>> I tried to answer most of your question on my peripherals page at
>> http://aafradio.org/flightdeck/Peripherals.html but I didn't address the
>> key question, because to my knowledge the J-37 and 26003A were used for
>> most Army and Navy front line aircraft in WWII.  At least that's pretty
>> much it from the Erection &Maintenance Manuals for the aircraft that I
>> have perused.  That makes for a rather short web page. :-)   There were
>> some holdovers from the 1930s in training and backwater aircraft that
>> still used older sets like the SCR-183 (which used the venerable J-5 if
>> a key was used at all), but those were anomalies as far as I can see.
>>
>> 73,
>> Mike  KC4TOS
>>
>> On 9/16/2010 9:16 PM, jcoward5452 at aol.com wrote:
>> >
>> >Hello Groups,
>> >   Has anyone made up an easy reference with a listing/chart of "who 
>> > used
>> what" for radio accessories in Army and Navy aircraft in WWII? I sort of
>> have an idea by the numbering systems in use by each service.
>> >   For instance the XXX-26003A is a Navy key used in aircraft.Was it 
>> > used
>> elsewhere? And what was the correct Army Air Corp key? Was it the same or
>> was it the J-38 (?)? I would think that the AAC would have a flame proof
>> key or did they deem it "to late" if that situation ever arose? Ever been 
>> in
>> a B-24 Liberator? In the radio room,and yes it's big enough to get around
>> in without bumping your head too many times, there are two fuel gauges on
>> the rear facing bulkhead and these "gauges" are glass tubes full of high
>> octane avgas. It would not take much to set this into a catastrophic 
>> inferno.
>> I've also heard that the B-26 Marauder was a match stick waiting to be
>> lit,but don't know the details.
>> >   Thoughts? Memories?
>>
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