[Milsurplus] Re B-29 HF Radios

Sun, 5 May 2002 21:35:38 -0700

have a friend that has a Russian apx-6?
any info on this?
ed Sharpe
----- Original Message -----
From: "WF2U" <[email protected]>
To: "Ben Wallace" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, May 05, 2002 9:13 PM
Subject: RE: [Milsurplus] Re B-29 HF Radios


> Ben,
>
> I didn't say the Russians didn't replicate the B-29. As to the
transmitters,
> just as they bought some US surplus components to use on the TU-4, they
> could have bought surplus ART-13's, at least for the prototypes.
> None of my Eastern European military collector sources ever saw locally
> anything similar to the ART-13.
> Surplus transmitters and receivers were always issued to the many radio
> amateur clubs throughout the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact, as well as
> were made available to "prominent" hams (read: well-connected to the
Party).
> Some of my contacts had original BC-348's and later US-9's, but none had a
> US-made transmitter or a look-alike, nor they have seen any). For surplus
> transmitters they had obsolete Soviet Army or Navy equipment. Command-set
> type equipment is unknown there.
> The BC-221 frequency meter however was copied by the Russians and those
were
> made well into the 60's.
> I have a complete Soviet Air Force receiver which replaced the US9, it's
> called the UZH8. It's a remote-controlled receiver, tuned by a
115VAC/400Hz
> servo system from the remote tuning head, while the power supply operates
> from 24VDC and 115 VAC/400Hz. This receiver has miniature tubes, all which
> have US equivalents (6BA6, 6BE6, etc.). The workmanship and construction
are
> excellent, it's like a weird combination of Collins and Siemens... The
> connectors look exactly like they could have been made by Cannon!
>
> 73, Meir WF2U
>
>
>  -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]]  On Behalf Of Ben Wallace
> Sent: Sunday, May 05, 2002 11:04 PM
> To: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]
> Subject: RE: [Milsurplus] Re B-29 HF Radios
>
> Hi Meir,
>
> No, that is not correct.  The Russians did replicate a B-29 -- to include
> the avionics.
>
> There was a special on the Discovery cable channel about 3 months ago that
> went into great detail how Stalin ordered the Russians to re-engineer the
> B-29 exactly -- The Russians were successful in most endeavors and only
> made concessions related to machine guns, engines, wheels and tires.  They
> were so successful, and anal, in re-engineering the B-29 that they even
> include a repair patch to the fuselage.
>
> There were a total of three B-29s that the Russians got their hands on:
>
> On July 29, 1944 Ramp Tramp, a B-29-5-BW serial number 42-6256, was unable
> to return to its base after a raid in Manchuria and landed in Vladivostok.
>
> On November 11, 1944 The General H.H. Arnold Special, serial number
> 42-6365, was damaged during a raid against Omura on Kyushu was forced to
> divert to Vladivostok
>
> On November 21, 1944 Ding How, serial number 42-6358, also landed in
> Vladivostok.
>
> Check this web site out.
>
> http://www.monino.8m.com/39a.html
>
> Fascinating.
>
> Ben WB8HUR
>
>
>
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