[ARC5] value of art-13 LF VFO

[Mark K3MSB]

I recall reading that B-29's in the Pacific Theater acted as navigation
ships for fighter as the fighters did not have the means for long range
navigation.    Perhaps they DF'd to the B-29s?

On Mon, Dec 10, 2018 at 5:07 PM jeepp <jeepp at comcast.net> wrote:

> Since virtually no airborne receiver typically used with the ART-13( )
> (the BC-348( ) nor ARR-15( ) ) would cover the entire spectrum of these
> adaptors (above about 400 khz), what I gleaned years ago was that an
> aircraft so equipped could be DF'ed by other aircraft for rendezvous,
> beacon, and such. The TCZ data does mention these adaptors so maybe they
> could have acted as ground beacons? Maybe?
> Jeep K3HVG
>
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> -------- Original message --------
> From: Robert Nickels <ranickel at comcast.net>
> Date: 12/10/18 11:02 (GMT-05:00)
> To: arc5 at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [ARC5] value of art-13 LF VFO
>
> I've got one in my ART-13 Hope Chest (hope I'll have the skill to
> restore an autotune rig!) but I'm curious what the original purpose
> was.   I realize it was obviously to give the aircraft the ability to
> transmit on the low and medium frequency bands, but what was the reason
> for doing so?    It's not easy to get a decent amount of ERP with short,
> loaded antennas on those frequencies, but maybe they didn't need to
> communicate very far.   Perhaps it was for stealth purposes to minimize
> the chance for interception since the LF signals wouldn't "skip" like HF
> did...?
>
> 73, Bob W9RAN
>
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