[ARC5] History of the GO-series of USN Long-Range Transmitters

[Mike Morrow]

> I tried finding a link to these, because I have never heard of them.
> No joy. Must be rare as hens teeth?

The 1940 Westinghouse GO-9 is the most common, by far:  

  http://aafradio.org/flightdeck/go9.htm

Even GO-9 instruction books are common.  But...

Everything else appears non-existent...except maybe this one:

  http://tlbigley.com/Cutaway%20PBY/int-07.html
  http://tlbigley.com/Cutaway%20PBY/int-06.html

The story of the associated PBY-5B is told here:

  http://tlbigley.com/Cutaway%20PBY/

The large transmitter is definitely earlier than the GO-9 one would expect to find on a PBY-5B.  Close examination of the nomenclature plates seems to show the manufacturer's name as two words...making it most probably a 1939 General Electric GO-6.  Some support for that possibility comes from the radio listing for a PBY-5A shown here:

  http://aafradio.org/docs/Navy-radio-gear-1.GIF

Mike / KK5F