[ARC5] B-36J Radio Operator Position

[Scott Johnson]

The ARC-21-is a big trashcan built by RCA, it was installed in B-36s, B-47s,
B-52s, and KC-97 and 135s.  Later on, it was modified  (drastically) for SSB
by RCA and was re-designated the ARC-65.
I worked on these as a pup in SAC in the early eighties.  I have both the
ARC-21 and ARC-65 operational here, but not in the shack at the moment.  The
ARC-58 is in the airborne slot at present.

Scott W7SVJ

-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Macklin [mailto:macklinbob at msn.com] 
Sent: Monday, June 10, 2013 7:23 PM
To: Scott Johnson; 'Robert Eleazer'; arc5 at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [ARC5] B-36J Radio Operator Position

I do not know what an ARC-21 or ARR-36 is.

I was in a SAC wing until 1957 when it was transferred to TAC.

We had KB-29s. The ARC-8 was the HF liaison radio. The command set was
either an ARC-27 or an ARC-33. Those were the only command radios in our
shop.

And we still had BC-453s installed.

Bob Macklin
K5MYJ
Seattle, Wa.
"Real Radios Glow In The Dark"
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Johnson" <scottjohnson1 at cox.net>
To: "'Bob Macklin'" <macklinbob at gmail.com>; "'Robert Eleazer'" 
<releazer at earthlink.net>; <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, June 10, 2013 6:54 PM
Subject: Re: [ARC5] B-36J Radio Operator Position


> Wouldn't a B-36J have an ARC-21 and an ARR-36 auxiliary receiver?
> Especially by 1956, when that flight was depicted?
>
> Scott W7SVJ
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: arc5-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:arc5-bounces at mailman.qth.net] 
> On
> Behalf Of Bob Macklin
> Sent: Monday, June 10, 2013 5:51 PM
> To: Robert Eleazer; arc5 at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [ARC5] B-36J Radio Operator Position
>
> The ARC-8(BC-348/ART-13) was used in the B-29/KB-29, B-50/KB-50,
> C-97/kick-97, C-124, C-54, C-118, and C-119 until at least 1959. A radio
> operator was not required for domestic flights.
>
> The Pan Am Boeing 377 (C-97) was the last commercial airplane to carry a
> radio officer. It was in use until at least 1960.
>
> Bob Macklin
> K5MYJ
> Seattle, Wa.
> "Real Radios Glow In The Dark"
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Robert Eleazer" <releazer at earthlink.net>
> To: <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Monday, June 10, 2013 5:41 PM
> Subject: Re: [ARC5] B-36J Radio Operator Position
>
>
>> First, the B-36J did not have an Ipod charger.  That was not added until
>> the B-52H.
>>
>> As for the Jimmy Stewart movie, I have a copy, and always look in that
>> scene where they have crashed in the Arctic to see what kinds of radios
>> are visible.  But I can never ID anything.  Looking at a reference work I
>> have, I can tell that the radio operator position was indeed in the
>> location as depicted in the movie.  In the movie, recall that one guy 
>> kept
>
>> at the radio transmitting until impact, but I don't think you can see
>> anything of the radio itself.
>>
>> Anyone out there who would not have loved to have a play house - or a
>> hamshack - made out of the nose of a B-36?
>>
>> I am impressed that the ART-13 and BC-348 was fitted to an airplane that
>> did not start to come off the production lines until late 1953.  Musta
>> been pretty darn good equipment.
>>
>> Wayne
>>
>>
>>
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