[Milsurplus] Questions on RA-1

[Mike Hanz]

Hue Miller wrote:

>Question on Bendix RA-1: I know the "official" matchup
>transmitter was the 2J24 transmitter, but i'd like to know
>what a reasonably realistic matching transmitter might be.
>

Defined "reasonably realistic", and it might help to narrow the 
discussion down a bit.  :-)   The alternatives on the Bendix side are 
pretty well known - the TA-2* series being the most often mentioned - 
but certainly there were others available to the installers, including 
the venerable TA-12.  I wouldn't be surprised to see combinations of 
other Navy aircraft transmitters from time to time, either, but I don't 
have any documentation for it.

>Also, i have asked this some time back, but quite forgotten
>the reply. What does this mean, on the RA-1:
>"Modified for Postion 2 Working"
>What aircraft would have a second receiver position? 
>

According to documentation I've seen over the years, most of the larger 
Navy patrol aircraft had two HF receivers, Hue.  I'm not sure if they 
were interested in redundancy in case of failure, or actually dedicated 
one position to a particular mission need, but it seems to have been a 
common configuration.

73,
Mike