[Milsurplus] Re: HF radios in WV 121 Connies and C 97 tomb raiding

[Francesco Ledda]

FYI

Here is have an ARC-38A  tray adapter for a 618T.  It allows the use of a
618T on an aircraft wired for the ARC-38A.

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[mailto:milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of Mike Morrow
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Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Re: HF radios in WV 121 Connies and C 97 tomb
raiding


>...I was fortunate to get to see the inside of the Chanute Air Museum's
>WV 121 Super Constellation...

In my last post I speculated that, for the radios installed, this aircraft
had likely been in USN service.  I hadn't noticed your use of "WV 121"
rather than "C-121."

The USN version of the C-121 was the "WV" in "early warning" configuration,
and the "R7V" in cargo/passenger configuration (until aircraft nomenclatures
were standardized between services in the early 1960s).  The aircraft was
most likely a WV-2 or WV-3.  That explains exactly the radio gear found on
it, including the AN/ARR-41 that undoubtedly was left behind from an earlier
AN/ARC-38A that had been replaced with an AN/ARC-94.

Mike / KK5F

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