[ARC5] ARC-5/SCR-274 Navagation Receivers?

[Brooke Clarke]

Hi Gordon:

I haven't been following this thread, but the LF receiver was used for 
the directional (A-N) beacons.
This does not require a DF antenna on the plane.  See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_frequency_radio_range

The B-24 must not have had a compentent pilot if he overflew the beacon 
and did not recognize it.
All that 's required to determine if you're approaching or leaving the 
beacon is to turn off course a little.
If you hear "A" when turning to the right, you're leaving the beacon.
If you hear "N" when turning to the right, you're approaching the 
beacon.  See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:4-course.png

The current Non Directional LF Beacons require a DF receiver in the 
plane.  See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-directional_beacon
http://www.prc68.com/I/ARN89.shtml

Have Fun,

Brooke Clarke
http://www.PRC68.com


gordon white wrote:
> Remember the B-24 returning to his base in, I think, Libya, after
> bombing the continent?  Was homing (DF I guess) on his station, but flew
> over it without realizing that and  ran out of fuel some hundreds of
> miles into the desert where he crash-landed. They tried to walk out but
> did not make it. The bodies were found by Bedouins in 1959.
>
>    - Gordon White
>