[Milsurplus] Bomber Radio Pictures

[D C *Mac* Macdonald]

Some may wish to kill the messenger (me) but what would
be the acceptance of having only shells with dummy controls
and so forth showing that only an expert could tell wasn't
real???  This would minimize weight gain to operational birds.

The old stuff would not be acceptable for actual comm and
nav purposes anyway from the standpoints of frequency
accuracy, stability, bandwidth, etc.

Let's face it, what used to involve many hundreds of pounds
of gear, to say nothing about the weight of the wires, can
not only probably be done eaily with less than two hundred
pounds and that would include HF!!!

Mac - K2GKK/5



----Original Message Follows----
From: <jay.coward at avagotech.com>
To: <kgordon2006 at verizon.net>, <Milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: RE: [Milsurplus] Bomber Radio Pictures
Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 13:07:11 -0600

Probably a huge liability.You never know when a component will fail.As 
Hams,were used to it and can deal with what can happen.I once had the 1uf 
cap in the 28V input of a modulator explode like an M-80 firecracker.Never 
did figure out why except for age.After cleaning up the mess it made and 
replaceing the cap every thing worked fine.
  How would I explain to an aircraft owner that I burned up his airplane 
because  a 60+ year old component in his command set failed?
Probably better to restore and just look than to operate.We can do that at 
our own risk at home.
  My .02
  Jay

-----Original Message-----
From: milsurplus-bounces+jay.coward=avagotech.com at mailman.qth.net 
[mailto:milsurplus-bounces+jay.coward=avagotech.com at mailman.qth.net] On 
Behalf Of Kenneth G. Gordon
Sent: Monday, April 17, 2006 11:37 AM
To: Milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Bomber Radio Pictures

On 17 Apr 2006 at 0:00, Mike Morrow wrote:

 > Ray wrote:
 >
 > >If the BC-375 transmitters were in working condition what would you
 > >use them for?
 >
 > Perhaps to recreate with at least a little bit of accuracy the
 > historical configuration of the aircraft??

I wonder what the problems would be if they WERE operational, and if
a visitor showed a valid ham license and competence with this sort of
gear, it could be operated on the air...at least for some special event?
Then an GPU would be validly useable.

Ken W7EKB
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