[Milsurplus] B36J radio op position

[John Hutchins]

All -

IMO would be real cool is if the radios worked;  and on Memorial Day, 
Jun 6th, 4 of July, and August 14th  weekend holidays and were manned by 
hams.  You know on or about the same time the Ships attempt cross 
country communications.....
..-. --.-
Hutch
P.S. That is about as much code as I know.


On 6/4/2013 2:05 PM, Jack Antonio wrote:
> On 6/4/2013 1:52 PM, Boeing377 wrote:
>> I attended a B 36 crew reunion at Castle AFB many years ago.
>
>> We got to tour the interior of the B 36 at the base museum. It was 
>> TOTALLY gutted inside,
>
> not one panel instrument or radio, but very nice exterior,
>
> Castle regularly holds open cockpit days, and the last one I went to was
> back in 2009 or 2010. The interior of the B-36 is no longer gutted, a 
> lot has been replaced, although there are still some empty holes.  Only
> the forward crew section has been worked on, the rear section of the
> fuselage still appears to be completely empty. There was a BC-348 and
> ART-13 transmitter there, but not on shock mounts, the racks and cabling
> for the AN/ARC-3 were there, but no radios. There was an out of place
> BC-458(IIRC) command transmitter on the navigator's table, which was a 
> bit out of place and time. Also a switch labled "RECORDER", the two 
> positions were labeled BC-348 and APR (I think, my memory might be a
> bit fuzzy). Makes me wonder if the -348 was being used in an ELINT role.
>
> The exterior of the B-36 has been going downhill over the years, I was
> there last month, and it is in the process of being repainted.
>
> Jack Antonio WA7DIA/4
>
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