[ARC5] ARC5 CW Question

[Kenneth G. Gordon]

On 23 Jun 2014 at 20:45, Mark K3MSB wrote:

> Yes, which is what I do to get on frequency initially and then for my side
> tone monitor during a QSO.
> 
> I suspect you can come up with a way to do a "spot" function.
> 
> How did they come on frequency when they used these things in World War 2?
> I suspect they used a BC 221 or similar prior to the mission and locked the
> frequency in. So they really didn't have the spotting problem during a mission?

Usually, the transmitters and the receivers were on quite different 
frequencies. Thus the need for a sidetone when on CW. There really was no 
"spotting" as we hams use the term.

The BC-221 or the LM frequency meters were always included on every 
bomber or large-ish Navy airplane.

Ken W7EKB