[ARC5] WWII Navy Control Tower Radio

[Richard Knoppow]

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From: "David Stinson" <arc5 at ix.netcom.com>
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Subject: [ARC5] WWII Navy Control Tower Radio


> Here are two badly-exposed photos from a WWII Navy tower:
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> Anyone hazard a guess as to what radio we see?
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    I used Gimp to open up the darker areas but the details 
of the radio are covered by flare or perhaps retouching. 
Nonetheless it does look like an SX-28 or SX-32. I am 
curious because I am unaware that either came with 
alternative bands to cover the MF aeronautical frequencies, 
i.e., from 200 to 400 khz. Of course it could have been used 
strictly for HF with some other receiver covering the 
control tower frequencies. I am also not sure that aircraft 
_transmitted_ on MF.


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Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles
WB6KBL
dickburk at ix.netcom.com