[ARC5] Bendix Radios

[Jim Wiley]

Think about that for a bit.  That is a 1941 catalog, so the radios would 
have been available to all sorts of private and commercial users (the 
war did not start, as far as the USA was concerned, until December 8, 
1941).   Most likely the catalog was aimed at fledgling airlines and 
government users (the CAA).

The military may have purchased some of the items, and it looks as if 
some were easily adaptable to military use simply by bolting a military 
nameplate over the "civilian" nomenclature. Don't know any of this for 
certain, but it seems a likely outcome.

For example, the TA-3 transmitter shown on page 7 of the brochure looks 
like it could have easily become the GO-9, and the IF-12 portable 
frequency indicator on page 18 could have easily become the BC-221.

- Jim, KL7CC



On 3/4/2015 3:42 PM, Lenox Carruth wrote:
>
> After looking through the 1941 Bendix aircraft radio catalog, I am now
> wondering in what aircraft the TA-12 Transmitter was used and with which
> receiver was it used?
>
> Anyone have any ideas?
>
> Lenox
> WA5OVG
>
>