[ARC5] Pre-ARC-5 rigs.

[Mike Everette via ARC5]

The "other sources" re the RA-1 are primarily anecdotal.  And I do realize that these "sources" could fall into the same category as those which allege that AE was on some sort of "spy mission" to overfly Japanese territory in the Marshall Islands.  (I don't believe that.)  But when doing research, one has to consider all the possibilities.

73

Mike
WA4DLF

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On Tue, 8/5/14, WA5CAB--- via ARC5 <arc5 at mailman.qth.net> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [ARC5] Pre-ARC-5 rigs.
 To: arc5 at mailman.qth.net
 Date: Tuesday, August 5, 2014, 1:49 AM
 
 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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