[Milsurplus] 1950's Navy airborne HF question

[Mike Morrow]

Mike/W6MAB wrote:

>We dumb s--t cadets were not supposed to mess with the
>radios.  Later at Saufley Field we had 6-channel VHF
>radios with push-button channel selection.  Tunable
>beacon band reception and tracking of A/N radio ranges
>came even later during instrument training at Corry Field.

Hi Mike,

That six-channel VHF pushbutton set doesn't ring any bells
of recognition with me.

When I got aviation indoctrination training at NAS Corpus
Christi in 1972, we used T-34s with AN/ARC-60 (R-508/ARC,
CV-431A/AR) (A.R.C. Type 12) UHF-AM five-channel transmit,
manually-tuned receiver sets.

Was the AQT/FAR test used in your era to help select pilot
trainees?  I had orders to pilot training that got cancelled
after my engineering degree caused me to be "drafted" into
Rickover's nuclear navy (very much against my wishes).

Mike / KK5F