[Milsurplus] Aircraft Radio

[Mike Morrow]

Larry wrote:
 
>But the point is, the radio bay had a pair of black command set 
>receivers and one black transmitter along with a black modulator but the 
>BC-442 was aluminum which makes me think they must have been of the 
>BC-XXX variety.

Hi Larry,

I have a copy of that manual too, and made a post about it a year ago.  The gear that is installed is all AN/ARC-5 except for the antenna relay, which because it is natural aluminum finish and has no LOCAL-REMOTE meter switch is obviously a BC-442 from the SCR-274-N set.

The other ARC-5 components installed are a MD-7, T-19 (provides 3105 kc), R-23 (provides 278 kc), and a R-26 (provides 3105 kc), and two C-125 panel-type control boxes for the receivers.  No transmitter control box is installed.  In a single transmitter installation like this, that would be completely superfluous.  The only transmitter controls are the mic PTT switches and a INTERPHONE-RADIO select toggle switch.

I'm not sure the XNQ ever became accepted by the USN.  The USN later used the T-34 as a similar-sized small primary trainer.  The T-34 is much smaller than the T-28.  The ones that I've flown in had AN/ARC-60 (A.R.C. Type 12) UHF gear installed.  That would be 35 years ago.

Mike / KK5F