[Milsurplus] DU-1 DF Loop

[Mike Hanz]

Todd, KA1KAQ wrote:

>Most of the blame for my fixation goes to Mike Hanz ...
>

Sure, go ahead....blame me...I don't care...my bride blames me for 
everything else.... :-)

>In fact, the
>picture he has at the bottom of the 'Peripherals-mikes' page shows the
>backseat(?) of a OS-2U Kingfisher with the DU on the top shelf and
>what looks like the RU receiver beneath with a ZB atop or above it. If
>this is an accurate set up, it would seem to indicate that both units
>were indeed used in the same installation. Interestingly there's a
>big, yellow 'M' on the GF transmitter next to the RU. Hmmm....W.E.
>gear from the ARC Morgue?
>

I'm afraid I wasn't able to straighten out some inconsistencies in the 
Kingfisher - I only had a few minutes to take some photos before they 
hoisted it above the Enola Gay.  The specialist who accomplished most of 
the work did an amazing job on the plane, including restoring the float 
- found in Adak, Alaska!  He took some liberties with the radios, and 
though the nomenclatures were written down during dismantling and should 
be correct, wiring details were not as religiously recorded, so you have 
things like the antenna wire going to the DU covered with insulating 
beads, rather than simply an insulated wire as it should be, and it runs 
down to the DU antenna terminal instead of the antenna relay like it 
should.  The original GF was in rough shape, so he substituted one of 
Gordon White's morgue donations (a GF-3) though I think it should be an 
almost identical GF-11.  Oh well, they'll probably drop it down for some 
minor work in a few years and we can correct it then.  At least all the 
piece parts are there.  The mike bracket is an interesting comment on 
covering two bases, since for some missions the RS-38 wasn't used - the 
crew relying on mask mikes for interphone and communications.

73,
Mike