[ARC5] Pre-ARC-5 rigs.

[Mike Hanz]

On 8/4/2014 7:55 PM, AKLDGUY . wrote:
>> Other sources allege that perhaps AE had obtained a Bendix RA-1 receiver via the US Navy.  The Bendix receiver would have either supplanted or replaced the WE unit; the Bendix was a much more capable receiver.  This would have solved the question of her being able to receive at 1300 kc.

The RA-1* is *not* and never was a military radio.  It was a 
_commercial_ model that was certainly beloved by the Navy for its ash 
and trash haulers, but also by airlines and other clients, including the 
British.

> The RA-1B has direct frequency readout on the dial, if I'm not mistaken, so
> she should have been capable of setting to correct frequency, unless she
> made an error with the bandswitch. Surely she had enough gumption to be
> aware that that might be a problem after hearing no response from the
> "Itasca"?

Surely?  It seems to me that's an undocumented presumption, given Mike 
Everette's research.  I'm not sure there's anything certain about any of 
this.  But whatever floats your boat...

  - Mike  KC4TOS