[Milsurplus] Government "planning" vis a vis WW2 A/C radios

Sat, 16 Mar 2002 10:05:55 -0600

At 09:27 AM 03/16/2002 -0600, aGEnuine ham wrote:
>Group:
>
>I have been following the discussion of aircraft compliment of specific
>radios in war 2 with some interest and amusement.  Much of the argument
>seems to be based on the idea that government planners knew what they
>were doing.  Do we have any evidence, anywhere, to the effect that was
>ever the case?

A case in point...The BC-639/BC-640 which were designed in the US and
proposed to the Army who did not want to change from their HF equipment.
Thus the VHF gear designs were sold to the Brits who could see that VHF
was the way to go for aircraft radio.   That is the reason that all BC-640's
have a royal seal on the front of the cabinet.  All of the BC-639/BC-640
radios built in the US were built under license from a British company when
the US finally decided to go to VHF.

73
Bob Wilder, AF2HD / AFA2HD(USAF MARS)
TSgt, USAF (Retired)
6032 Idlemoore Court
Theodore, Alabama 36582-4036
(251)653-5274
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