[Milsurplus] Radio Station RS-6,Employment Of Versus Conspiracy Theory Of

[Richard Arland, W3OSS]

My God Mother's son-in-law, Col Jack Wager, USAF (ret) was a Nav onboard 
47s. Let me "ping" him and see what he has to say.

Breck: I'll play the dummy (what perfect casting)...what is "Bossier City"?

73 Rich W3OSS

PS: just traded my 2nd GRC-109 for a complete RS-6 in working order. Did I 
do good??


Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Radio Station RS-6,Employment Of Versus Conspiracy 
Theory Of


> Those pages of the locally generated manual  and a "spotting mod" are 
> posted at:
> http://solo11.abac.com/zorroab1/RS-6/SAC%20Manual.html
>
> http://solo11.abac.com/zorroab1/RS-6/RS-6%20Spot.html
>
>
> I've talked with a lot of 47 folks and no one remembers the set. 
> Unfortunely I spent 4 years at Bossier City.
>
> breck k4che

> Subject: [Milsurplus] Radio Station RS-6,Employment Of Versus Conspiracy 
> Theory Of
>
>
>> Group,
>>
>> I recently acquired a few pages copied from Emergency Rescue Manual 64-1,
>> "Survival on the Ice Cap, Cold Seas, Sea Ice of the Northeast Area", 
>> Headquarters
>> Eighth Air Force, 15 September 1959.  Paragraph 5 (Survival Kits) lists
>> aircraft types versus survival equipment each was supposed to carry. 
>> Aircraft
>> listed to carry RS-6 are:
>>
>> R/RB-47E
>> B-47 ECM
>> RB-47E
>> B-52
>> RB-52
>>
>> I don't know what the difference is between the first and second listing 
>> of
>> the RB-47E but the list shows crew of 3 in the first case and 6 in the 
>> second.
>> Some old Blue Suiter can probably explain.
>>
>> Paragraph 6 (Emergency Radio Kits) Subparagraph a says RS-6 will be 
>> carried
>> on all aircraft of types indicated when maneuvering outside the ZI. 
>> Paragraph
>> 6b covers AN/URC-4.
>>
>> (ZI is Zone of the Interior)
>>
>> More to follow when I figure out what I did with the other document...
>>
>> Robert Downs - Houston