[ARC5] Pre-ARC-5 rigs.

[AKLDGUY .]

> I got so many questions about it from the Tighar folks that I finally
just put all the info into a pdf and posted it at
> http://aafradio.org/docs/Western_Electric_WE_13C_Transmitter.pdf

Nicely done and comprehensive! Thank you.

Unfortunately it's the receiver that's the critical factor in AE's
disappearance. She was plainly heard by those on the "Itasca" but
apparently could not hear them calling her.

73 de Neil ZL1ANM


On Mon, Aug 4, 2014 at 11:01 PM, Mike Hanz <aaf-radio-1 at aafradio.org> wrote:

>  On 8/3/2014 11:14 PM, AKLDGUY . wrote:
>
> I'm not aware, but am open to enlightenment, that W.E. produced civilian
> avionics equipment, hence the suggestion that she was permitted to use
> military equipment.
>
>
> W.E. produced a pile of Bell Labs designed commercial aircraft equipment
> during the 1930s, including the 50 watt WE-13C transmitter that Amelia was
> alleged to have carried on the flight.  From Myron Eddy's 1939 book *Aeronautic
> Radio*:  "Western Electric radio equipment of one kind or another is in
> use on most of the major airlines and many of their connecting lines where
> modifications have in some cases been successfully incorporated."  The
> WE-13C is described in Terman's textbook dated 1937, including
> photographs.   It reminds me of a portable electric bathroom heater...
> :-)   I got so many questions about it from the Tighar folks that I
> finally just put all the info into a pdf and posted it at
> http://aafradio.org/docs/Western_Electric_WE_13C_Transmitter.pdf
>
> 73,
> Mike
>
>