[ARC5] F-86 Radios

[Mike Everette]

Thanks, I stand corrected.  I knew that on some a/c it was behind the seat.  No black radome over the glass loop dome, when installed that way.

73

Mike
W4DSE


--- On Sat, 12/22/12, Scott Johnson <scottjohnson1 at cox.net> wrote:

> From: Scott Johnson <scottjohnson1 at cox.net>
> Subject: RE: [ARC5] F-86 Radios
> To: "'Mike Everette'" <radiocompass at yahoo.com>, arc5 at mailman.qth.net, "'Robert Eleazer'" <releazer at earthlink.net>
> Date: Saturday, December 22, 2012, 10:58 AM
> The ARN-6 loop was in the open behind
> the pilot's seat.  The little black
> radome was for the APG-30., On the T-33, it was for the
> Glideslope antenna.
> 
> Scott W7SVJ
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: arc5-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:arc5-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
> On
> Behalf Of Mike Everette
> Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2012 7:45 AM
> To: arc5 at mailman.qth.net;
> Robert Eleazer
> Subject: Re: [ARC5] F-86 Radios
> 
> I tend to doubt that jet fighters had the ARN-7.  The
> football antenna would
> have real problems surviving the speeds in a jet
> environment.  The ARN-6 was
> probably the radio of choice; the little "black dot" on the
> tip of the
> F-80/T-33 nose is the radome for the ARN-6 loop.
> 
> 73
> 
> Mike
> W4DSE
> 
> --- On Fri, 12/21/12, Robert  Eleazer <releazer at earthlink.net>
> wrote:
> 
> > From: Robert  Eleazer <releazer at earthlink.net>
> > Subject: [ARC5] F-86 Radios
> > To: arc5 at mailman.qth.net
> > Date: Friday, December 21, 2012, 7:31 PM My F-86F
> pilot's manual, 
> > dated 1960, shows the ARC-3 as applicable to F-865F-1
> through F-86F-15 
> > aircraft not yet modified by T.O.  Those same type
> aircraft modified 
> > by T.O. had ARC-33.  F-86F-25 and later aircraft had
> ARC-27.
> > 
> > Most aircraft had ARN-6 but some had that removed and
> replaced by 
> > ARN-21 TACAN.
> > 
> > Most had APX-6 or 6A IFF but some were modified with
> APX-25.
> > 
> > Of course, all had APG-30 gunsight radar.
> > 
> > So if you are talking Gabby in Korea, flying F-86A
> through early 
> > F-86F, it likely would be ARC-3, ARN-6, and APX-6 as
> well as the 
> > APG-30.
> > 
> > As a comparison, the F-80A had ARC-3, ARN-6 or ARN-7,
> and some early 
> > ones had BC-1206 instead of the radio compasses.
> > 
> > Wayne
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >  
> > 
> >
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