[ARC5] R-24/ARC-5 - Yet Another Mysterious Function

[Mark K3MSB]

As I recall,  B-29s were used as navigation planes for fighters going to
and coming from Japan.    Might that explain the LF capability?

73 Mark K3MSB

On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 2:01 PM, Robert Eleazer <releazer at earthlink.net>
wrote:

> In the B-29 Combat Manual I have they mention that a certain number of
> B-29's were equipped with the optional low Freq (O-16 and O-17?)
> oscillators so that they could transmit signals that could be picked up by
> ADF receivers carried in all of the aircraft.  This enabled some aircraft
> to serve as beacons for rendezvous purposes.
>
> Like Mike Morrow, I have wondered for some time why the ART-13 would need
> that LF capability.  This is one explanation and might be one reason the
> ARC-5 MF sets were built.
>
> Wayne
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