[Milsurplus] Looking for info on WWII USN TX

[Roger Basford]

Hi Dave,

Wow, quick response! Many thanks for taking the time to put the info 
together, Dave.

I'll take a look at the AN/ references you've given, that's a very early 
date for radio controlled bombs, was it something to do with the Aphrodite 
Project that Joe Kennedy Jr. lost his life in, I wonder? His B24 went up in 
smoke about 15 miles from here over the coast. I was wrong about the 
frequency range but that coverage does confirm what I'd heard from someone 
about it being a 28 Mc rig. There seems to be a lot of circuitry associated 
with the modulator, I wonder if it was used to send FSK-type data signals?

Anyway, thanks again, just need to locate a circuit diagram now and get some 
power on the rig.

73,

Roger, G3VKM

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Stinson" <arc5 at ix.netcom.com>
To: "Roger Basford" <roger at new-gate.co.uk>
Cc: <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 9:38 AM
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Looking for info on WWII USN TX


>
>
> 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
>
>
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