[ARC5] FT-310-A and AN/ARR-1 VHF Homing Adapter

[David Stinson]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Morrow" <kk5f at earthlink.net>

> All of these BCB receivers had as their only purpose for existence their 
> use with
> the VHF homing adapter, although one could argue that the MF loop antenna 
> connections
> of the R-24/ARC-5 *could* have been used with a DF loop like the 
> DU-*...but that's
> very unlikely.

Many of these sets were exported.
I propose that the BCB loop connections were retained
for use by Russia and tertiary Allied powers
(South Amercia, Middle East, colonial Africa etc.)
who were still using loops and BCB signals.
"Homing" systems like the YG/ZB were "Secret,"
thus not available to them.

It's unlikely one of us can spend the time and money for a six-month
research trip to Washingtoon.  After we are gone, no one else will.
Documentary proof of this is effectively lost to us.
For such issues, a well-reasoned theory may be all we ever have.

73 Dave AB5S