[ARC5] PBY-1 Radio Question

[K5MYJ]

FWIW:

The radio operator in a PBY was also a waist gunner.

Bob Macklin
K5MYJ
Seattle, Wa.
"Real Radios Glow In The Dark"
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Morrow" <kk5f at earthlink.net>
To: "Mike Morrow" <kk5f at arrl.net>; "Robert Eleazer" 
<releazer at earthlink.net>; <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2016 8:43 PM
Subject: Re: [ARC5] PBY-1 Radio Question


>I wrote:
>
>> It's a very reasonable bet that a 1937 PBY-1 carried for communications:
>>
>> Long Range Radio Operator's Set
>> GO-2  (1935) IF Transmitter CW -52054   ( 300-  600 kHz, A1/A2, 125 W)
>>              HF Transmitter CW -52053   (3000-13575 kHz, A1/A2, 125 W)
>> RU-5  (1936) #1 Receiver    CBY-46048A  ( 195-13575 kHz, A1/A2/A3)
>>              #2 Receiver    CBY-46048A  ( 195-13575 kHz, A1/A2/A3)
>>
>> Short Range Pilot's Set
>> GF-4  (1936) HF Transmitter CBY-52063A  (3000- 9050 kHz, A1/A2/A3, 15 W)
>> RU-5A (1936) Receiver       CBY-46051A  ( 195- 9050 kHz, A1/A2/A3)
>>
>> PBY-1 production began in September 1936, so the sets above represent
>> the most modern sets that could have been installed.
>
> I just remembered the data tabulated for various USN aircraft types found 
> on Mike Hanz's site at:
>
> http://aafradio.org/docs/Navy-radio-gear-1.GIF
>
> For the PBY-1, that document lists *almost* exactly what I listed above 
> (as an educated guess) ... except that instead of 1936 RU-5 and GF-4/RU-5A 
> sets, there are 1935 RU-4 and GF-3/RU-4A sets.  There are only very minor 
> differences between these 1935 vs. 1936 models.
>
> Long Range Radio Operator's Set
> GO-2  (1935) IF Transmitter CW -52054   ( 300-  600 kHz, A1/A2, 125 W)
>             HF Transmitter CW -52053   (3000-13575 kHz, A1/A2, 125 W)
> RU-4  (1935) #1 Receiver    CBY-46048   ( 224-13575 kHz, A1/A2/A3)
>             #2 Receiver    CBY-46048   ( 224-13575 kHz, A1/A2/A3)
>
> Short Range Pilot's Set
> GF-3  (1935) HF Transmitter CBY-52063   (3000- 9050 kHz, A1/A2/A3, 15 W)
> RU-4A (1935) Receiver       CBY-46051   ( 224-13575 kHz, A1/A2/A3)
>
> Mike / KK5F
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