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

[Dennis Monticelli]

Dave,

Yes!  But where would I find one?  I have not seen this transmitter before.

Dennis AE6C

On 1/5/13, David Stinson <arc5 at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> 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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