[ARC5] anyone know what it is?

[Bruce Long]

the magnetic field warning strongly suggests it contains a magnetron
The battery charging label suggests it was/is battery powered
The label- transponder- along with the two items above suggest this thing is a battery charged radar transponder used to indicate a specific ground position, a drop zone for example on the screen of an airborne radar.

Crude radar transponders where used in WWII on D-day IIRC as part of the parachute drop .







________________________________
 From: Jay Coward <jcoward5452 at aol.com>
To: arc5 at mailman.qth.net 
Sent: Monday, April 22, 2013 6:15 PM
Subject: [ARC5] anyone know what it is?
 


Looks like a sonobouy but it's rf not sonic I think.

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/130892126425


Thanks,
             Jay KE6PPF
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