[ARC5] Womens Army Service Pilots to be Honored at Rose Parade

[Ray Chase]

I have a Boonton Radio model 128 LF receiver that is a well made 
professional piece.  Mounts on a separate battery box and has a variety of 
clamps to attach to the airframe.  Comes with a carrying strap so one can 
sling it over your shoulder.  Tunes 200-420 Khz.  Procured by Navy Bureau of 
Aeronautics in February 1943.  Looks like mine is NOS;  must have been the 
"Cadillac" of ferry pilots radios.
Would be nice to see pictures of your collection.
Ray
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Stinson" <arc5 at ix.netcom.com>
To: <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>; "Jay Coward" <jcoward5452 at aol.com>
Sent: Monday, December 30, 2013 7:24 PM
Subject: Re: [ARC5] Womens Army Service Pilots to be Honored at Rose Parade


>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jay Coward" <jcoward5452 at aol.com>
> Subject: Re: [ARC5] Womens Army Service Pilots to be Honored at Rose 
> Parade
>> ... My guess is they used BC-1206-*'s. .
>
> They used quit a mix of radios.  Many 1206s, but also
> Lear, Ranger and other popular "light aircraft" sets.
> I have a written procedure for issuing radios to ferrying-pilots.
> If a radio wasn't factory-installed in the aircraft,
> the ferrying pilots were issued a set to be "haywired" in (or even wired 
> into a little case to be set on the floor- I have some of these). 
> Usually, the pilot took the radio with her and either took the train back 
> "home" or flew another leg.  Usually, only the Flight Leader had a 
> transmitter.  The rest of the flight had receivers only, usually LF 
> because nearly every "Tower" in CONUS transmitted on a Longwave frequency 
> and of course, beacons and "the beams" were on LF.   I have several sets 
> with handles-
> one just a jury-rigged strip of aluminium, and one Ranger set built into a 
> little luggage case.  Have one Lear Tx/Rx "stack" that
> was certainly WASP because the badly deteriorated cover found on the floor 
> of a barn in Texas still had traces of "FiFiNella" on it. Very cool and 
> one of my favorite pieces :-)
> http://wingsacrossamerica.us/wasp/fifi.htm
>
> 73 DE Dave AB5S
>
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