[ARC5] Pre-ARC-5 rigs.

[AKLDGUY .]

>From what I remember, it's claimed she decided to not take a reel-out,
reel-in trailing wire antenna due to weight considerations. There are also
claims that she jettisoned that antenna literally during the take-off from
Lae.

As to military sets, is it possible that a waiver was granted for her, on
the basis that her flight was for scientific purposes? W.E. and/or the
military may have been keen to test and prove their radio on very long
flights over the ocean.

73 de Neil ZL1ANM


On Mon, Aug 4, 2014 at 11:32 AM, WA5CAB--- via ARC5 <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
wrote:

> Neil,
>
> I haven't really been interested enough in the Earhart fiasco to remember
> most of what I've read about it.  But I didn't think there was any question
> about what radios she carried other than if I recall correctly some
> speculation that she might have dumped some of it.  But in any case, the
> SCR-183 and
> SCR-283 were at the time current US military sets.  And not in plentiful
> supply.  Although I won't go so far as to say that no one could or would
> have
> broken the rules, it's highly unlikely that she could have gotten her hands
> on whichever of the two would have worked in her airplane..
>
> Robert Downs - Houston
> wa5cab dot com (Web Store)
> MVPA 9480
>
> In a message dated 08/03/2014 18:09:16 PM Central Daylight Time,
> neilb0627 at gmail.com writes:
> > Yes I see that. OK, I was wrong about the origin of the SCR-183/283. I
> > had
> > assumed that because a coil set in my possession was made by W.E. that
> > that
> > company was the original designer/builder. I was wrong, but that doesn't
> > necessarily negate my question about whether Earhart carried a W.E.
> > SCR-183/283 set, does it? Or does it?
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