[ARC5] ARR-1

[Kenneth G. Gordon]

On 16 Sep 2014 at 11:51, David Stinson wrote:

> There's also intriguing mention of teams setting-up the transmitters on
> beachheads to guide landing craft.  I've probably got the cite somewhere in
> the stacks but I'll bet someone else has seen this. D.S. 

Obviously, both you and Mike know far more about the YE/ZB system and its 
history and usage than I do, but in any case, I still think the guys who 
designed it were sheer geniuses.

I understand someone has restored a complete system and exhibits it at 
certain gatherings.

I think I read about that on Mike's website.

Have any of you ever seen a BC-946B with the added bits necessary for use 
with the YE/ZB system? I never have, but one would think that if the Army 
used that system with the B-29s, there must have been some use of the 
BC-946B...or perhaps the Army used Navy equipment?

What I don't quite understand is that if that system (YE/ZB) was used so 
extensively, why were there so few BC band receivers made?

I think I DO know why there are so few left: most were hacked to ribbons by 
those wanting HiFi AM tuners...  

I have several of those...

Ken W7EKB