[Milsurplus] LF in a B-17?

[Hue Miller]

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> The information i sent you earlier Hue was not of the homing signal
> nature.  It was for Voice communications to the aircraft.  Homing
> signals whether Range, Beacons or whatever occupied other LF or VHF 
> frequencies.  DF work was using the suggested 2-10 mc range.
> 
> That's the way i interpreted the information on the charts.
> 
> larry

Yes- you interpreted it right - but the still unresolved question, apparently,
is why the aircraft had LF transmit capability, since it did not contact the 
field on LF.

I was thinking about why the airfield, i specify military overseas airfield, as 
opposed to USA home civilian airfields, where you had small craft with maybe
only a beacon receiver on board for their total avionics, i mean why the military
fields used LF. I would have to guess it was to limit range, as the field transmitters,
at least in the USA, used powers of like 10-30 watts on LF. Of course the military
airfields for non-local work could also work on HF, voice and cw.
-Hue Miller