[ARC5] ARC5 CW Question

[K5MYJ]

Arc-5s were not used for CW in the bombers like the B-17 and B-24. The 
BC-375 was!

Do you know where the CW key was in a WWII fighter? By the pilots RIGHT 
ELBOW! Not a very good place for sending CW.

And the pilot of a WWII fighter would not hear the relays clacking!

The CW mode was usually used to get a DF STEER.

Bob Macklin
K5MYJ
Seattle, Wa.
"Real Radios Glow In The Dark"
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Cromwell" <wrcromwell at gmail.com>
To: <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2014 11:49 AM
Subject: Re: [ARC5] ARC5 CW Question


> On 06/22/2014 11:12 AM, J Mcvey via ARC5 wrote:
>> OK, I see what you mean now. Initially I thought that since K53 was 
>> supplying osc B+ and final cathode ground the transmitter would be 
>> active. Since the transmitter relay K54 and K53  were on the same select 
>> line, I thought that they would be clacking away with each tap of the 
>> key. ( that's how it is in the You tube video, too).
>>
>>
> Hi,
>
> Who would want to hear those relays clacking away? I sure wouldn't. Been 
> there - done that (with other radios). I don't think the clacking relays 
> bothered much of anybody in a B-17 in flight. If I was there and even if I 
> could hear the relays (doubtful) I would be more worried about *other* 
> things.
>
> 73,
>
> Bill  KU8H
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