[ARC5] Re: [Milsurplus] Command key ?

[Bob Macklin]

When I was i radar school in 1952 we were taught how to light a ciggarette
off the radar antenna. Three years later we were taught why you shouls not
track the gas truck with the FC radar in high power mode.

Bob Macklin
K5MYJ/7
Seattle, Wa.

"REAL RADIOS GLOW IN THE DARK"

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Wilder" <bwils at bellsouth.net>
To: "Mike Hanz" <AAF-Radio-1 at cox.net>; "Bob Macklin" <macklinbob at msn.com>
Cc: "David Stinson" <arc5 at ix.netcom.com>; "ARC-5" <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>;
<milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>; <Military1944 at aol.com>
Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2005 3:10 PM
Subject: Re: [ARC5] Re: [Milsurplus] Command key ?


> Trivia question.  How many out there used to use a wooden pencil to pull
an
> arc on the ART-13 when tuning the antenna?  I always did until one day I
> tried to use a mechanical pencil...boy did that hurt
>
>
> At 05:54 PM 6/25/2005 -0400, Mike Hanz wrote:
>
> >Great info, Bob!  Do you recall if the speed key was mounted or just
> >allowed to seek gravitational equilibrium?  :-)
> >
> >Bob Macklin wrote:
> >
> >>In the B-29 and later aircraft wirh ART-13/BC-348 intallations the
J37/J38
> >>keys were permanently installed to the radio operators table. But during
the
> >>Korean War period (I was there) the radio operator could use his own
speed
> >>key if he so chose. This was also true in the submarine service.
> >
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