[ARC5] No GO-9 On Display. Likely GO-2. Photo URLs Added

[Mike Morrow]

Here are photos of three different GO-series transmitters:

Photo of "assumed" GO-2:  http://tlbigley.com/Cutaway%20PBY/int-07.html

Photo of GO-6 HF Section:  Attached (from George)

Photo of GO-9:  http://aafradio.org/flightdeck/go9.htm (from Mike)

Mike / KK5F 

-----Original Message-----
>From: Mike Morrow 
>
>Meir wrote:
>
>> You can see the radio compartment of a PBY-5 aircraft with the GO-9
>> and a pair of RU-19 receivers here:
>>   http://tlbigley.com/Cutaway%20PBY/  
>
>Meir,
>
>The photos in that cutaway have intrigued me for several years.
>
>The GO-series transmitter pictured is definitely NOT a GO-9...there's not a bit of doubt about that.  So...wbat is it???
>
>There were only four makers of the GO-series:
>
>Hygrade Sylvania
>GO      1933
>
>Western Electric
>GO-1    1934
>GO-2    1935
>
>Westinghouse Electric
>GO-3    1937
>GO-7    1940
>GO-8    1940
>GO-9    1940
>GO-9a   1944
>
>General Electric
>GO-4    1938
>GO-5    1939
>GO-6    1939
>
>If the photos are enlarged and studied, the largest lettering is the manufacturer's name, which appears to be the stylized "Western Electric".  The cutaway likely has a 1935 GO-2 installed on a 1943 PBY-5B.
>
>That's not so unlikely...the website explains that the aircraft was damaged in 1944 and subsequently turned into a non-flying training exhibit.  It would be very possible that older gear would wind up replacing a set that was currently needed for flying service.  The preservation of what is likely the only surviving GO-2 is a happy consequence.
>
>For similar reasons, it is uncertain that the receiver system is actually the expected RU-19 system.  There would only be ONE RU-19 system with its TWO CW-46048D receivers.  Regardless, the liaison-service receivers RU-4 (1935) through RU-19 (1941) are visually and electrically essentially identical.
>
>I've been wanting to make a trip to see this cutaway and try to verify what is really installed.  One thing is certain...there is no GO-9 there.  :-)
>
>Mike / KK5F
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