[ARC5] U.S. Made "V-1" Buzzbomb Transmitter

[Christopher Bowne]

That video was pretty cool Dave...what freq can it run on?




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From: David Stinson <arc5 at ix.netcom.com>
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Sent: Sat, January 5, 2013 3:11:54 PM
Subject: [ARC5] U.S. Made "V-1" Buzzbomb Transmitter

In mid-1944, Wright Field reverse-engineered captured German V-1 "Buzz bombs" 
and produced drawings from which
Republic-Ford produced about  1,000 "JB-2 Loon" missles.
Information is at:

http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=510

Some German V-1s were fitted with an HF transmitter and
automatically-extended trailing wire antenna for tracking via RDF.
The U.S.-built missles also carried a better-designed copy of this HF tracking 
transmitter designated T-112/ART-19A,  later T-121/ART-19B
( post-war tests with the Loons used a radar beacon ).
Here is a video of it sending tracking code "V" :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZ0rdGJEcak

Fair Radio sold a pile of these as "novice transmitters."
I have one without any accessories and on NIB.
I've recently gotten one operational.
Does anyone else have one they want to get running
and is there enough interest out there to warrent writing it up?

73 DE Dave AB5S




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