[ARC5] Talking to Airplanes From the Ground

[Hubert Miller]

>As noted by Bob, a Merrill’s Marauders Burma veteran (in the Comments section below), the SCR-284 was only used for ground-air communications and was considered a “dog”.

I wonder if  you may want to slightly reword this line.
To something like, "The SCR-284 was the only radio used for ground – air communications…."
Because otherwise it doesn't seem to make sense, as the SCR-284 was surely used for the long range comms too.
The Clayton Ogburn book recounts such a scene, trying to make contact with the distant station.
The SCR-284 for this purpose, a "long range patrol" type thing, would seem to be not the best of all possible choices.
It's big, and the high frequency limit is 5900 kHz. I think the Brit B2 or the Navy's TCH / Collins 18M would have been
more practical. Just my opinion. The TRC-10 as I have read, was not available in time, and in fact, maybe never was
available.
-Hue Miller
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