[ARC5] B-36J Radio Operator Position

[D C _Mac_ Macdonald]

The B-52Fs in which I flew (EWO) had ARC-65.
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> From: scottjohnson1 at cox.net
> To: macklinbob at msn.com; arc5 at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2013 19:42:10 -0700
> Subject: Re: [ARC5] B-36J Radio Operator Position
> 
> 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