[ARC5] WWII Navy Control Tower Radio

[Bob Macklin]

I have seen photos of 8th AF towers in England during WWII that had SCR-274 
sets on a table. I think that was pretty much the common way.

When I was in Korea in the early 50's we had ARC-3 radios in the fighters. 
The squadron radio shop had an ARC-3 in continus operation as did the 
squadron operations office and another was located in wing operations.

Bob Macklin
K5MYJ
Seattle, Wa.
"Real Radios Glow In The Dark"
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From: "Richard Knoppow" <1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com>
To: "David Stinson" <arc5 at ix.netcom.com>; "ARC-5 List" 
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Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2013 11:02 AM
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "David Stinson" <arc5 at ix.netcom.com>
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> Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2013 7:45 AM
> Subject: [ARC5] WWII Navy Control Tower Radio
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>> Here are two badly-exposed photos from a WWII Navy tower:
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>> 321071626376
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>> 390542250368
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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.
>
>
> --
> Richard Knoppow
> Los Angeles
> WB6KBL
> dickburk at ix.netcom.com
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