[ARC5] B-36J Radio Operator Position

[Bob Macklin]

The ARC-8, ARC-3, BC-453 would be correct for 1950.

We used the ARC-3 in the Far East until probably 1955.

Bob Macklin
K5MYJ
Seattle, Wa.
"Real Radios Glow In The Dark"
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jack Antonio" <scr287 at att.net>
Cc: "ARC-5 List" <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2013 11:14 AM
Subject: Re: [ARC5] B-36J Radio Operator Position


> On 6/11/2013 12:34 PM, J. Forster wrote:
>> Did the B-36 have two, different fuel systems?
> 
> No, the J-47 engines burned the same avgas as the
> R-4360s.
> 
> I have a book, titled B-36 Photo Scrapbook, which
> shows two different radio installations. The
> earliest one is from the 1948-50 time frame and
> depicts an early B-36B. The radio op position is
> an AN/ARC-8, and is pretty uncluttered. There is
> an AN/ARC-3 shown there as well. Along with what
> is probably a BC-453 mounted alongside the desk.
> 
> A later picture, from 1955, of an RB-36H,
> shows the AN/ARC-8, but it looks like the HF radio
> was installed more as an afterthought, nestled in and among ECM gear.
> 
> Jack Antonio WA7DIA/4
> 
> 
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