[Milsurplus] Re: LP 21 football shaped loop antenna on jet acft?

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Saw a photo of a jet conversion of the Fairchild C 123. This prototype had 
two jets on each wing, pods from a B 47. No props. Still had the LP 21 football 
loop antenna. Did any other jets use this antenna? There were later flush 
mount loop equivalent antennas made for the MN 62 (which was essentially the same 
as the ARN 7). These later antennas used stationary crossed ferrite bars 
instead of a rotating circular loop. I imagine the drag penalty from the LP 21 was 
significant as it had a fair amount of frontal area despite the streamlined 
shape.