[Milsurplus] Trailing Wire Antenna Query

[Mike Morrow]

Jack wrote:

> It appears the common US Army trailing wire
> antenna system consisted of the BC-461 control
> box and RL-42 reel. Plus associated bits and pieces.
>
> Question is, was there a Navy equivalent?
>
> I had the chance to explore the inside of a
> P2V Neptune before it was converted to a
> fire bomber, and it had the BC-461.
>
> Did the Navy just simply the use the Army
> system?

Every picture I've ever seen of a USN installation with a trailing
wire antenna used the BC-461/RL-42 system.  It's hard to imagine
anything else that would have worked better, so it would make sense
if no USN-specific system was developed.

I don't know what the USN used pre-WWII on those patrol craft with
GO-* and similar liaison transmitters.

Mike / KK5F