[Milsurplus] TBF radio installation

[J Forster]

The aluminum rails I'm referring to are about 5/8" or 3/4" wide and 1/4"
thick and look to be some kind of household trim material. They are clear
aluminum, not the green or yellow (chromate or alodine) finish typical of
aircraft stock. FWIW,
-John



Hue Miller wrote:

> >From the photo it looks like they are mounted right to the airframe
> directly.
> John, i have also owned a set of RU coil holders mounted ladder
> fashion to a pair of aluminum L channels. At first i thought this was
> a PBY setup, but then i went to thinking it was maybe just hambrew.
> There is a not-rare photo that appears in a couple numbers of Radio
> News of a PBY installation in which can be seen a column of RU
> coil holders against the airframe, but i don't recall at the moment if
> any detail is visible of the actual mounting technique. At the moment
> i am again undecided if the "coil holder ladder" i had, was actually
> removed from an aircraft or was homemade.
>
> BTW, Pete Peterson W7?? of Seattle told me he was radio operator
> on ferry flights post-WW2 delivering PBYs the US donated to the
> Phillipine military. He said the original GO-9 / RU equipment was on.
> He described the RU as a "good CW receiver" and the GO-9 as an
> effective transmitter but a lot of work to tune up when changing
> frequencies for the position reports.
>  -Hue
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