[Milsurplus] BC-375E web site (Take Two)

[David Stinson]

POWERMWT@aol.com wrote:
(concerning GF/RU)
> The frequency range is similar to the BC-375, so my question remains,
> did these aircraft normally communicate with the TCS for any type of
> forward observation or fire control in say the PTO during WWII?

I don't know;
the TCS was used all over the place, from battleships to airships 
to PT-boats to jeep installations.  It served long after WWII.
If it was not used by a forward observer or to call aircraft
at one time or another, I'd be surprised.
It certainly *could* have been used in such a role.  
One cannot say that any WWII communications radio
was *always* used this way or was *never* used that way,
regardless of what the manuals and field books say.
There have been too many documented instances 
of "creative" use of the equipment on hand.
A two-transmitter three-receiver SCR-274N 
used in the tower of an airfield in the PTO comes to mind.
An infantry BC-659 cobbled into an L-5 spotter,
or an SCR-522 installed in a tank are other examples.

Good luck in your search, and please 
let us know of any information you find.

73 Dave S.

p.s. The error on the 375 was my bad.