[ARC5] WWII blimps over NYC Re: USN WWII Airship Radio Gear

[Henry Mei'l's]

Question:

I remember seeing blimps above NYC/Brooklyn around 1944-45; was only about
2 years old but I'm certain this is a true recollection --- what would be 
their
function?

Henry, Cph.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Morrow" <kk5f at earthlink.net>
To: <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, May 02, 2011 8:18 PM
Subject: [ARC5] USN WWII Airship Radio Gear


> Jay wrote:
>
>> What comm and nav gear would be installed on anti sub patrol blimps?
>
> The list of aircraft vs. radio gear in the USN document that Mike Hanz
> has at
>
> http://aafradio.org/docs/1943-Navy-radio-gear.html
>
> provides some answers on the last page under the ZNP category for
> K-class airships [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K-Class_(ZNP-K) ].
> I believe the K-class was the most common USN anti-sub and patrol
> airship of WWII.  Ther were 135 built.
>
> In the radio list:
> MF/HF Command Set   GF-12/RU-17
> MF/HF Liaison Set   GP-7/RU-19
> VLF/LF/MF RDF Set   DZ-a
> VHF Homing Adapter  ZB-1 (used with RU-17 above)
> CFI                 LM-7
>
> These lists really only suggest what might typically have actually been
> in place.  The list on Mike's site is from a USN training publication.
> I have an original of the full publication somewhere, but what Mike has
> on his site is the most valuable and interesting part.
>
> By the time that the US was involved in WWII it is unlikely that anything
> like RAV sets were in typical airship service.  Only 50 RAV sets were
> made.  I suspect most of those were aboard large patrol aircraft with GO-4
> to GO-8 liaison transmitters, all between 1940 and 1941.  A few of those
> aircraft could very well have been airships.  I also suspect that until
> the GO-9, most previous GO transmitters were made in no larger quantity
> than were the RAV sets.  All these sets appear to be very rare, and mostly
> non-existent today, and perhaps since before WWII ended.
>
> Mike / KK5F
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