[ARC5] USN Aircraft Receiver RAY-3

[Mike Hanz]

See http://aafradio.org/NASM/Gorgon.htm for further enlightenment.... :-)

On 9/27/2013 9:10 PM, Mike Morrow wrote:
> I recently acquired a beautifully-made USN RAY-3 VHF receiver,
> made under contract N288s-15485 of 07-21-1943, with no navy
> type number indicated, by Doolittle Radio Inc. of Chicago.
>
> It is crystal-controlled on 36.58 MHz, employs 11 tubes, and
> has a self-contained dynamotor.
>
> I can't find any substantive information about the RAY-*
> receivers or their function.  Minimal information found in
> SHIPS 242A of 1945 is not helpful.
>
> Has anyone here ever come across the RAY-* receiver system
> before?  My best guess right now is that it is some sort of
> radio control set.