[ARC5] Bell X-1 Radio Set

[Tom Dawson]

Dave Stinson Posted these links in Nov 2011 and they're still good

http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/Gallery/Photo/X-1/Large/E49-00010.jpg

http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/Gallery/Photo/X-1/Large/E-4837.jpg


regards, 

Tom

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Morrow" <kk5f at earthlink.net>
To: <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, April 19, 2013 10:54 PM
Subject: [ARC5] Bell X-1 Radio Set


> Jay wrote:
> 
>> Was the AN/ARC-5 VHF set in the Bell X-1 just a VHF set or
>> did it have HF as well?  Curious as to the configuration of
>> the radios in the X-1.
> 
> It had only the VHF R-28 and either the T-23 or T-126/ARC-5,
> as one would expect.  That's not petite, especially when one
> includes the MD-7 and DY-8, but still it's smaller and lighter
> than any other US military VHF set in 1947.  I suspect it was
> the only radio of any kind in the X-1.
> 
> There are many here much more knowledgeable who can cite the
> web URL that had pictures of the equipment along side the
> X-1.  I seem to recall there were pictures of the custom
> radio set controls which showed a channel selector as the
> only control.  The AN/ARC-5 requires no transmitter control
> box/panel if only one transmitter is in the system, so a
> channel A/B/C/D selector would be all that should have been
> there.
> 
> I'm sure someone will recall that URL.
> 
> Mike / KK5F
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