[Milsurplus] AN/CPN-6 and AN/CPN-8

William Donzelli [email protected]
Thu, 26 Sep 2002 22:41:39 -0400 (EDT)


> The CPN-6 had a short mast for mounting on a small metal hut, but the
> CPN-6's I've seen in the USAF all were "fixed" nav aids, and used a 20'
> wood telephone type pole.  The antenna was two vertical colinear tubes
> approximately 3" in diameter, and approximately 3" feet tall overall.  The
> waveguide(?) came up the pole and attached to these two tubes where they
> joined about half way between the top and the bottom.   I am looking
> in my collection of USAF nav aid pictures for a CPN-6.  Maybe I'll find it.

OK. I think I found the -6 mast sections today. No elements. Let me know 
if you find the pictures, please, as they really would help.

> Last time I maintained a CPN-6 was at Andrews AFB in 1954, but the last
> time I saw one was Okinawa in 1961.  And, some trivia, they were used in
> WWII in Europe as part of the "Pathfinder" bombing system.  In the Battle
> of The Bulge they were made mobile, and hauled around very near to the
> the German lines.                       73   Clete

Great information, thanks. 

William Donzelli
[email protected]