[Milsurplus] Antenna question

[Bruce Gentry]

On 10/22/12 3:52 PM, Jack Antonio wrote:
> On the nose of many 50s era aircraft was a little antenna, in
> the form of a U with the open end mounted toward the fuselage. There
> also was a rod down the middle of the U. I don't know the exact size,
> but a guess from fuzzy memory is about 6 to 9" long.
>
> What was this antenna?  IFF, Glide Slope?
>
> Thanks
>
>
> Jack Antonio WA7DIA/4
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It is for the glide slope receiver, or as we ground NavAids guys called 
it, the glide slide. A contemporary receiver to the antenna  was the 
ARN-12, but the antenna could have been  used with others as well. The 
MRN-8 was a popular glide slope transmitter in those times.

      Bruce Gentry, KA2IVY