[ARC5] Korean War HF Command Set

[J Mcvey via ARC5]

I thought that HF is still necessary for trans-ocean fights because VHF won't work that far out. Have they gone to satellite communication now?



On Tuesday, August 5, 2014 10:18 AM, D. Platt <jeepp at comcast.net> wrote:
 


On 8/4/2014 2:52 PM, Tim wrote:
> OK guys - maybe a bit off topic for ARC-5 discussions but here goes - you
> guys are smart:  The USMC had Tactical Air Control Parties in the Korean
> War - directing close air support to USMC ground forces.
>
> There is at least one photo of a Marine TACP unit using a GRC-9 presumably
> controlling an aircraft in a CAS mission.  So the question is:  What HF set
> would a USMC fighter bomber be using during that period?  Were ARC-5's in
> prop/jet fighter bombers even a possibility then?  I know this system moved
> to VHF/UHF but there seems to be evidence of maybe an "early" HF system in
> Korea.
>
> Ideas?
>
> Tim
> N6CC
>
Tim,

That's a very good question.  I can't speak for the Marine Corps, but 
the USAF airborne assets would have been the ARC-3 and perhaps the 
ARC-49 VHF sets for fighter aircraft (F-80, F-94, and F-86). The ARC-27 
came in a little later. The T-6 FAC aircraft had VHF and sometimes HF in 
the guise of the SCR-274N.  Type 12 VHF gear was also used in smaller 
aircraft like the L-5 and T-6 FACs.  The heavies would, of course, had 
the ARC-8 HF (ART-13/BC-348) setup, to include anything from the C-47 
and C-119 to the bomber series, B-29 et al.  The Collins 18S-4 HF may 
have been in some aircraft late. The Marines were flying, I think, 
Cougars and Banshees (weren't the Panthers all Navy?) at the time and I 
think all they had was VHF, and maybe UHF.  Perhaps the HF via the GRC-9 
or BC-1306 may have been for the heavies??  By the time Viet Nam was in 
full swing, the tactical A/G was FM and via the ARC-44 and UHF via 
ARC-27 and ARC-55 and later UHF sets.  Of course "Red Crown" and the 
like had the whole spectrum covered.

Jeep - K3HVG

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