[ARC5] BC-348 Franken-Fied

[Mike Morrow]

All joking aside now, there are pictures somewhere on the web that show the X-1 with a four-channel VHF AN/ARC-5...R-28 and T-23 or T-126.

In regard to the BC-348-* (AN/ARR-11), it was used on many post-war USAF aircraft with the T-47A/ART-13 or T-412/ART-13B as part of the AN/ARC-8.  This includes early versions of the B-36, before the RCA AN/ARC-21 was available.  Some remained in service on older aircraft up to the early 1970s.

Mike / KK5F


>What transmitter did Chuck Yaeger use? Did they have special metal tubes?
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>Maybe they used the subminiature tubes designed for Proximity Fuze Bombs :-)
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>Mike N2ms
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: Mike Morrow <kk5f at earthlink.net>

>> "Maybe this is model of the rare BC-348-XXX designed for the B-29"
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>> Actually it's for the Spirit of St. Louis, like the engine cowling.
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>These types of ill-informed speculations are inappropriate for a professional information source like this list!
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>Reference to applicable **official** documentation, the aircraft "dash one", shows it to be the model of BC-348 used in the HF liaison set onboard the Bell X-1.  It is the only BC-348 that ever broke the sound barrier, and hence used all metal tubes to keep the glass from breaking.
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>Mike / KK5F