[Milsurplus] BC1158 'glide bomb' TX

[William Donzelli]

> Repportedly was TX for 'glide bombs' (like Joe Kennedy Jr's short-lived B17)
> 
> I repeat, applied power after 55 yrs & it worked right away.
> 
> Another out there... especially a BC1157 mating RX?

BC-1157s are around - just no one really gives them a care.

The whole remote control aspect of the military in World War 2 (and 
beyond) is pretty well a clean, unwritten slate. There seems to be a 
zillion different sets, some from the earliest days of the war, but no 
one can pin any of them down for use. The manuals tend to be rare and 
very unclear.

BC-1158 was part of AN/ARW-9 (and probably others). I have quite a few 
copies of the operator's manuals, so shout if you need one.

The AN/ARW-9 must have been one of those classified radios, as they were 
equipped with a boom circuit.

William Donzelli
aw288@osfn.org