[ARC5] BC-348 Franken-Fied

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I only have a vague recollection as all flights were decades ago.  But two 
R4D's and several R5D's I flew in (as passenger) had open frame shelves on 
the starboard side behind the flight deck.  Various radios (as far as I can 
recall, except for two or three smaller probably NAV receivers, all of the 
radios were in the ATR form factor.  So probably AN/ARC-12 or 55, AN/ARC-38A, 
etc.  There was something taking up the same space on the port side but I 
can't recall what, maybe a head.

In a message dated 07/12/2015 06:10:29 AM Central Daylight Time, 
jeepp at comcast.net writes: 
> Very interesting.  It seems that the USAF, and others were able to 
> continue with AM longer that civil aviation, I recall listening to USAF 
> Global stations in the late 50's and early 60's and they were on SSB.   
> Andrews Airways (AAFB) was only a short distance from where we lived.  
> Also, in the movie Strategic Air Command, Jimmy Stewart's B-36's could 
> be seen with the ARC-8 set-up.  You have to be quick to see it, but they 
> scan by the radio op's position at a few points.  Our CAP Wing sometimes 
> got rides with the 459th TCW (at the time).  I recall the ARC-27 
> installation and how the crew chief had to sync the control boxes.  I 
> don't recall the HF set-up, though, but  know they had to have had one.  
> On the Navy aircraft, were they on the large panel/operating area on the 
> back-side of the cockpit area? That's where a lot of stuff was....?
> 
> Jeep - K3HVG
> 
> 
> 
> On 7/11/2015 9:30 PM, Robert Eleazer wrote:
> >The BC-348 also was used in the B-47A, the YB-49, and presumably also the 
> XB-35, although I have not seen a reference citing that installation.
> >
> >The R4Q-1, the USN version of the C-119, also used the AN/ARC-8 but added 
> an LM-14 Frequency Meter to the array of equipment.
> >
> >By the way, it was the X-1A that definitely used the VHF ARC-5.
> >
> >Wayne

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