There was apparently a progression of radios as the war wore on,
Hue. The list at https://aafradio.org/docs/Navy-radio-gear-1943.pdf
stops at the later SBD-3 with a GP-7 and RU-19, but the Pilot's
Flight Manual for the SBD-6 dated September 1, 1944
indicates this curious garble on page 21 by the preview "image to
text" conversion software:
I read the "multiple-channel communications radio" as the
interchangeable ARA-ATA/AN-ARC-5 at that point in time.
Unfortunately, it costs $10 bucks to get the whole pdf manual and
I'm not that interested in finding the details behind this cryptic
description. I would venture to predict that the transmitter was
the GP-7 prior to the changeover to the command set, but I wouldn't
bet any money on it.
- Mike KC4TOS
On 9/26/2022 10:29 PM, Hubert Miller
wrote:
OH I pulled the trigger too soon.
Text does not say SBD-5 had “two channel MHF”. SBD-5 is
undefined more closely than “MHF”.