[ARC5] FW: C-47 radio "Island in the Sky"

[Sandy]

I see the "LM" frequency meter clearly and the Marker Beacon receiver.

Years after I left the unit (we were flying F-102A's at the time) the 
Viet-Nam scroungers traded the unit a nice shiny C-130 Hercules for the 
Goonie.  The Goonie went to Nam but I think in a radio/radar jammer mission. 
Whatever it was tied to the "Spooky" bunch someway.  Later I hear they gave 
the aircraft to South Korean air force and it eventually was turned into a 
monument somewhere near Tae Goo?  Korea.  I was   not too far from there 
sometime  around 1985 servicing a Lykes ship in Hyundai's huge shipyard in 
Ulsan, Korea.  Too bad I missed seeing the old bird even from a distance.

73,
Sandy W5TVW

-----Original Message----- 
From: GOMEZ, STEVEN B
Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 1:42 PM
To: arc5 at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [ARC5] FW: C-47 radio "Island in the Sky"

Thanks Sandy! Here is another flying example, the Navy R4D "Ready 4 Duty" of 
the Dallas/ Fort Worth CAF wing.
Collins ART-13, BC 348, Marker beacon and frequency meter over to the 
right...
http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc292/ke5o/IMG_2423.jpg
We need to set up a "ship to ship" contact someday!
73,
Steve

-----Original Message-----
From: Sandy [mailto:ebjr37 at charter.net]
Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 12:02 PM
To: GOMEZ, STEVEN B
Subject: Re: [ARC5] C-47 radio "Island in the Sky"

On our old Air National Guard "Goonie Bird" (43-16029) I spent many hours
playing with the ART-13/BC-348 and had a bit of fun on the ham bands with
it.  Since all we had installed on the bird at that time was the fixed
antenna that ran from the radio position feed thru to the tip of the
vertical fin.  No much "AM" phone operation took place, as most of the
activity was on 75 meters.  On that band the fixed antenna isn't very
efficient!  40 meter and 20 meter CW operation was lively.  I remember one
trip from Las Vegas to New Orleans at night during bad weather.  Lots of
lightning and old bird getting tossed around a bit.  Right about the time I
managed a contact on 40 meters, the pilot (Major Ray Harmeyer, a "Chief
Senior Pilot" (from the wings he wore) and old WW2 vet showed up at the
radio bay asking "Blaize!  What the hell are you doing?  All I'm getting in
my headset is dots and dashes!  Shut that damned thing down I can't get
clearance to get an altitude change from ATC!"  His face was very red.  I
followed orders immediately.  When we finally arrived at NAS Callender in
Belle Chasse, LA, landed and parked, he stopped by and apologized for being
so  gruff.  I explained I was working the amateur bands and sorry to have
caused him any grief.  He was normally a very nice chap and was always
shooting the bull with the sergeants!

In this case the problem existed because we had too many radios installed in
the aircraft, and normally the "Liaison" radio was NEVER used by anyone
other than avionics personnel who could send and receive the code!  Some of
the audio switches had been replaced by "center-off" switches due to lack of
space for additional switches to disable/enable audio to the
pilots/co=pilots headsets in the cockpit!  As far as he was concerned in the
heat of talking to ATC, the "liaison" position was an "off" position.

Somewhere in the radio operators cubbyhole a BC-221 was mounted to get the
transmitter right on frequency, but I forget exactly where now.  We had only
2-3 guys in the squadron that were familiar with the ART-13/BC-348 combo and
who knew how to operate it.  I was one of the lucky few.

73,

Sandy W5TVW

-----Original Message----- 
From: GOMEZ, STEVEN B
Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 9:43 AM
To: arc5 at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [ARC5] C-47 radio "Island in the Sky"

Hello to the group!
I noticed the radio operator used a "bug" which may have been accurate for
commercial post war practice.
Here is the radio op position in the C-47 "Boogie Baby" at Frederick Army
Air Field in Oklahoma...
http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc292/ke5o/C47RadioOpPosition.jpg
I think the straight key was standard thru the war?
Steve Gomez
ke5o

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