[Hallicrafters] R-45/ARR-7

[Richard.McClung at Dielectric.spx.com]

Short History of the use of the R-45/ARR-7.

WWII
Early 1943
B-24 "Ferret" aircraft were developed and tested in the Pacific Theater
with the following mission equipment:
    SCR-587
    SX-28 (to become the R-45/ARR-7)
    S-36
    Panoramic Indicators
    Recording Receivers
    Omni-Antennas
    Motor driven rotatable Yagi

1945
US Navy Patrol Bomber Squadron VPB-106, flying PB4Y-2 Privateers from
Tinian in the Mariana Islands.
The PB4Y-2 Privateer was a specially modified Navy Version of the B-24.
It's fuselage was extended 7 feet and the twin tails were changed to a
single tail.

Mission equipment included:
    APR-1
    APR-2
    APR-5 Radar Intercept Receivers with Pulse Analyzers and DF Antennas

    ARR-5
    ARR-7 Communications Intercept Receivers

    APT-1
    APQ-2
    APT-5 Jammers

1945
20th Air Force, 3rd Photo Reconnaissance Squadron
B-24 "Ferrets"
Mission Equipment included:
    APR-4
    APR-5A Radar Search Receivers
    APA-10 Pan Adapter
    APA-11 Pulse Analyzer
    APA-17 Direction Finder
    APA-13 Signal recorder
    APA-24 Direction Finder
    ARR-5
    ARR-7 Communications Search Receivers
    ANQ-1 Wire Recorder

During WWII there were many other similar aircraft developed but none
specifically listed the R-45/ARR-7 .

B-17 and B-24 Ferrets were also used in Europe and North Africa.  B-29's
were also used in the Pacific.

RICH  WA6KNW

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