[Milsurplus] Looking for info on WWII USN TX

[David Stinson]

Roger Basford wrote:

> I have a piece of WWII USN equipment here that I have been unable to 
> locate any info for, so it's time to ask the experts. The radio is a 
> GWY-2A AM/MCW TX made by Doolittle Radio Inc of Chicago in 1944. It also 
> has a plate on the top of the outer case reading "Radio Transmitter Navy 
> Type GS-5, Contract No 3259, Procurement Directive 14008-44, serial No 15".

It is a remote control transmitter, operating
on 23-28 MC and intended to control an early "smart bomb."

 From Ships 242A, January 1945:
Navy transmitter type GS.
Built by Doolittle Radio.
First procured by the Navy in 1939.
20-30 MC, 25 watts AM.  Obsolete.
Intended to work with receiver type RAY
(this cite is about the first GS acquired).

 From CO-NAVAER 08-5Q-227, September 1945:
GS-2, -3, -4, -5.
Supersonic radio control transmitting equipment,
similar to each other except for frequency range
and operating voltage.
Used with RAY-2, -3, -4, -5 receivers.
See AN/ARW-19, -20, -21.

AN/ARW-19 (Formerly GS-5)
Supersonic Radio Control AM Transmitting Equipment.
Used with AN/ARW-20.

AN/ARW-20 (Formerly RAY-5)
Supersonic AM Radio Control Receiving Equipment.

 From SHIPS 242:
AN/ARW-19.
Procured by the Navy in 1944.
Airborne transmitting set for remote control
of AN/ARW-20.  23-28 MC, 20 watts.

73 DE Dave Stinson AB5S