[Milsurplus] Request for Information: 1920s to 1939 Aircraft Radio Sets

[William Donzelli]

> If you have any information on the following sets
> (componants, makers, dates of manufacture, etc.),
> I'd very much appreciate any you'd be willing to share.

Eventually I will get my stuff together on this.

The problem is that manuals and other documentation for this early
aircraft stuff is extremely hard to find - much harder than the ship
or ground sets of the era. On the flip side, the old aircraft hardware
seems to survived better than the ship or ground sets. Hmmmm...

> And if I've missed any major ones.

There were a number of variations on a theme with the old ARC sets
(SCR-*-183), with new SCR numbers all around 190 or so. One of them
was a hybrid Army Navy set.

The only major one you missed is the SCR-261, I think. It is just the
voltage variant of the SCR-240 (Westinghouse from 1938, did not field
until 1940 or so, I think about 400 sets made).

--
Will