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Oh, come on, Neil.  If AE had a Bendix RA-1 (and if I had to voice an 
opinion I'd say No), it doesn't matter where she acquired it from.  It wasn't 
then and isn't now a military radio.  Someone may have bought her a beer in 
some O-club, too, but that would'nt make it a military beer.

Plus, "Other sources allege", when translated into plain English, is just 
"the rumor mill says".  Bottom line is that the woman was just a disaster 
waiting to happen.  And it did.

Robert Downs - Houston


In a message dated 08/04/2014 20:13:05 PM Central Daylight Time, 
neilb0627 at gmail.com writes: 
> >Although the RA-1 was used in military aircraft (or at least Canadian 
> ones) it was not per se a military radio.  Anyone
> > with the money could buy one from Bendix.
> 
> You are probably correct, but that's not the point, since Mike Everette 
> wrote (and was quoted by me):
> 
> >Other sources allege that perhaps AE had obtained a Bendix RA-1 receiver 
> via the US Navy.
>  
> "obtained ... via the US Navy." means (if correct) that it WAS a military 
> radio.
> 
> 73 de Neil ZL1ANM
> 
> On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 12:20 PM, <WA5CAB at cs.com> wrote:
> >> Although the RA-1 was used in military aircraft (or at least Canadian 
>> ones) it was not per se a military radio.  Anyone with the money could buy 
>> one from Bendix. 
>> 
>> Robert Downs - Houston
>> wa5cab dot com (Web Store)
>> MVPA 9480
>> 
>> 
>> In a message dated 08/04/2014 18:55:44 PM Central Daylight Time, 
>> neilb0627 at gmail.com writes: 
>> 
>> >>> >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.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> That tallies with my recollection that she carried a military radio, but 
>>> I
>>> was unable to remember what type.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 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"?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 73 de Neil ZL1ANM
>>> 
>> 
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