[Milsurplus] Beginning of use of UHF aero radios

[Scott Johnson]

The contracts for the ARC-27 (collins) and ARC-33 (Bendix) were let in 1948, 
the first aircraft to be equipped wholesale with the ARC-27 was the F-86. 
By the end of hostilities in Korea, USAF had pretty much converted to UHF, 
the USN was a couple years behind.


Scott
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alan Tasker" <atasker at ix.netcom.com>
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Sent: Saturday, December 18, 2004 6:29 PM
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Beginning of use of UHF aero radios


>
>>Does anyone know the aprox year that UHF (225-400) was adopted for 
>>military
>>aircraft?  I have seen usage of the PRC-14 at about 1950 but when were UHF
>>rigs used in aircraft?
>
> The Navy MAY, a 4 channel portable was about that same time period, or 
> maybe a year or two earlier. Sure glad I didn't have to carry that one on 
> my back!
>
> Anyone know when the aircraft started getting UHF sets? What were the 
> AN/ARC numbers? Were there any models pre JAN series?
>
>>TIA Bruce
>
>
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