[ARC5] Guided Bomb Equipment

[J. Forster]

C & H not G & H, on Colorado Blvd. in Pasadena.

-John

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> My R-116/ARW-26 is in a waterproof, fully gasketed, square-shaped housing
> with black wrinkle finish.  It came with a similarly waterproof and
> finished battery box for dry-cell batteries. The tube complement was 9002,
> 9003 and seven 3Q4s.  I know these were used by the Navy at the Pt. Mugu
> Naval Air Station and one piece of paper I have that came with it mentions
> FASRON maintenance, which I think is strictly a Navy term.  In the 1960s,
> the Los Angeles surplus dealer J.J. Glass sold these along with
> instructions for converting it to a straight (non-radio control) receiver
> with loudspeaker. My BC-464 is identical to the ARW-26 except it is not
> water proofed and is in a plain aluminum housing.  My R-438A/ARW-26AY is
> in a waterproof, barrel-shaped housing with black wrinkle finish.  Within
> its housing is a 28-VDC vibrator power supply. Its tube complement is
> 12AU7, two 6AK6s and an 0A2.  It does not have separate driver tubes for
> the relays like all the others. There are several o
>  ther lettered versions of the R-196/ARW-26Y with housing and circuitry
> similar to the R-116 but with all heater tubes and vibrator supplies. One
> version used all 12AU7s for both RF and relays while another used a 12AU7
> for the RF and all 6AK6s for the relays.  I remember the Pasadena surplus
> dealer G & H sold the control actuators that go with these receivers.  I
> wonder if anyone has put a whole system together as it would go in a
> drone?  Mike, W6MAB
>
>
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Mike Morrow
>   To: arc5 at mailman.qth.net
>   Sent: Friday, September 30, 2011 8:01 PM
>   Subject: Re: [ARC5] Guided Bomb Equipment
>
>
>   Mike Bittner wrote:
>
>   > I have three versions of the ARW-26 including the BC-464 Army version.
>
>   All of these were USAAF systems.
>
>   The BC-464-* is actually part of the earlier RC-57-** target drone
> aircraft
>   receiving system.  It worked with the RC-56-* ground transmitting
> equipment
>   (BC-463-* transmitter, PE-126 dynamotor, and BC-1272 control boxes) on
> 67
>   to 74 MHz, using MCW tones.
>
>   The RC-57-* was replaced by the AN/ARW-26 using R-116/ARW-26 or
> R-143/ARW-26X
>   receivers.  The RC-56-* was retained as the ground equipment.
>
>   The control range given for both systems is "10 miles maximum, 3 - 4
> normal".
>
>   > I believe they were used in propeller driven target drones for the
> ground-to-air
>   > gunnery practice that air gunners got before starting actual
> air-to-air combat
>   > gunnery training.
>
>   A diagram that I have shows the trainees in a "B-29 GUNNERY RIG" on the
> ground.
>   The diagram also states:  "CRASHING OF AIRCRAFT SHOT DOWN IS PREVENTED
> BY
>   AUTOMATIC RELEASE OF PARACHUTE".  A target aircraft is shown descending
> with
>   parachute.
>
>   That would have been fun to watch.  I wonder how well that worked out.
>
>   Mike / KK5F
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