[Milsurplus] 1942 aircraft radio installation photo

[Mike Hanz]

Yup.  The lower box on the right is a BC-309, used to turn on a BC-191 
transmitter, so that was in the compliment somewhere.  The box above it 
is the "normal-monitor" switch that Mike Morrow has detailed a number of 
times on this list...this one is a early Boeing fabrication that ganged 
two toggle switches together with that concoction at the end of the bat 
handles.  I have a fabrication drawing around here somewhere for it.  
Interesting mounting of the bailout bell at top left...usually it was 
just bolted to a structural member of the aircraft.  The antenna wire 
coming from the antenna relay (covered by that flap) and insulated with 
ceramic beads is curious - it dead ends on the tip of a IN-81 insulator 
and the receiver antenna wire appears to be taped to it with black 
friction tape.  Talk about a kludge...

On 8/14/2010 10:33 AM, Jack Antonio wrote:
>    And that appears to be a BC-229 mounted underneath the operators table.
>