[ARC5] Basic Question on Use of Command Sets

[J. Forster]

When the snatch plugs were young and soft, they were a whole lot easier to
mate. A bit of non-oil lube helps.

Their advantage was that you could bail out of a burning tank FAST and
they were nearly indestructible.

These days, a toothbrush and Brasso, followed by a water rinse, makes them
connect well.

-John

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> John -
>
> I like the earphones on the 19, but, cannot stand the connectors :). -
> Mike
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: arc5-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:arc5-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
> On
> Behalf Of J. Forster
> Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2011 2:33 PM
> To: Bob Macklin
> Cc: Jack Antonio; arc5 at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [ARC5] Basic Question on Use of Command Sets
>
> The Canadian tankers had really nice dense foam ringed headsets that were
> chamois covered. They are great even after 60+ years.
>
> -John
>
> ==============
>
>
>> Yes the headsets did provided some protection. We used headsets with
>> foam
>> muffs.
>>
>> But you could feel the both the guns and the engines.
>>
>> The guns were not the main problem. The much longer exposure to the
>> engine
>> noise was the problem.
>>
>> Bob Macklin
>> K5MYJ
>> Seattle, Wa.
>> "Real Radios Glow In The Dark"
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "J. Forster" <jfor at quik.com>
>> To: "Bob Macklin" <macklinbob at msn.com>
>> Cc: "Jack Antonio" <scr287 at att.net>; <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2011 9:54 AM
>> Subject: Re: [ARC5] Basic Question on Use of Command Sets
>>
>>
>>> Clearly. But weren't the guns much louder?
>>>
>>> Also, did the commom headsets provide any noise reduction. I know those
>>> used in the UK & Canadian Wireless Set 19, etc are quite good at
>>> excluding
>>> external racket.
>>>
>>> -John
>>>
>>> =============
>>>
>>>
>>>> The noise from the guns was only for short periods. The engine noise
>>>> was
>>>> for
>>>> the entire mission.
>>>>
>>>> In 1958 we got our first ear protection for when we were working on
>>>> the
>>>> flightline.
>>>>
>>>> Bob Macklin
>>>> K5MYJ
>>>> Seattle, Wa.
>>>> "Real Radios Glow In The Dark"
>>>> T/SGT USAF
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "J. Forster" <jfor at quik.com>
>>>> To: "Jack Antonio" <scr287 at att.net>
>>>> Cc: <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
>>>> Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2011 8:25 AM
>>>> Subject: Re: [ARC5] Basic Question on Use of Command Sets
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> I*'d have thought the guns firing was a whole lot louder than the
>>>>> engines.
>>>>>
>>>>> -Jo0hn
>>>>>
>>>>> ============
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> One of the owners of the company I used to work for
>>>>>> was a B-25 pilot in the Pacific.  He was deaf in his
>>>>>> left ear, because of that.  The prop was very near
>>>>>> to the cockpit, and due to the heat, they flew with
>>>>>> everything open most of the time.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> (I wonder, though, how much sound insulating
>>>>>> properties plexiglass would have had, probably not
>>>>>> much).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> He said that most B-25 pilots were deaf in their
>>>>>> left ear, copilots went deaf in the right ear.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jack Antonio WA7DIA/4
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 1/8/2011 9:32 PM, Kenneth G. Gordon wrote:
>>>>>>> On 7 Jan 2011 at 17:49, Bob Macklin wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Do you want to know the nosiest place in a bomber? It's the open
>>>>>>>> waist
>>>>>>>> gun ports! Especially in a B-25. You are looking right at the
>>>>>>>> exhaust
>>>>>>>> stacks!
>>>>>>> My understanding is that the B-25 was the loudest
>>>>>>> twin-piston-engined
>>>>>>> bomber ever used by the U.S. military...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Then...there was the "Thunder-shreik"...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Ken W7EKB
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