[Milsurplus] TBF-1 Contact Report

[Hue Miller]

Right you are, Taigh. A photo in the same book has a view in the tunnel 
of the TBF.
There is a GP and antenna tuning unit, and a RU receiver. No GF visible. 
There are
3 RU coils, in their coil storage boxes, mounted to the airframe, on 
end, in a row.

I was reminded that i have met a fellow in Seattle who was in Navy air 
in the 1940s
after WW2 closed. He told me he flew RO in a PBY being donated to 
Philippines. It
occurred to me i might want to talk to him and ask- what? Maybe - what 
tuning up
the GO-9 was like, did they use the LM for that, or logged settings? 
What about not
running the GO and the coffee pot or stove at the same time? Where they 
stopped
on the flight from USA to the Philippines? What would you ask?
-Hue

------ Original Message ------
From: "Taigh Ramey" <taigh at twinbeech.com>
To: "'Hue Miller'" <kargo_cult at msn.com>; armyradios at yahoogroups.com; 
milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
Sent: 12/3/2015 12:18:48 PM
Subject: RE: [Milsurplus] TBF-1 Contact Report

>I also find it surprising that the radios were not operational and 
>warmed up
>after takeoff.
>
>I can see that the radios would not have all been turned on while on 
>the
>ground or for carrier deck operations because when the engine is below 
>say
>800 to 1200 rpm the generator is usually offline and the power comes 
>from
>the battery which wouldn't last long with a lot of the radio gear 
>operating.
>Unless they used a high idle I think un necessary electrical gear was 
>turned
>off.
>
>As a TBF-1 I would bet that this is an early war incident that would 
>have
>been an liaison transmitter like the GP-7. I am under the impression 
>that
>the ATC/ART-13 were later in the war. I can see the RU/GF or in this 
>case
>the RU portion of the GP/RU gear would be turned on at all times as of
>course it was needed for short range communication for carrier ops and 
>plane
>to plane and was lower in power consumption.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Taigh
>
>Taigh Ramey
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>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Milsurplus [mailto:milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf 
>Of
>Hue Miller
>Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2015 10:47 AM
>To: armyradios at yahoogroups.com; milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
>Subject: [Milsurplus] TBF-1 Contact Report
>
>"It all happened so fast that i had no time to advise the ship of the
>[submarine] contact before the attack.
>I [pilot of TBF-1] had turned on my transmitter to warm it up, figuring 
>on
>reporting immediately after my first [attack] run.
>I signalled Ens Sprague [in F4F-4 fighter] to attack."
>
>from ' U.S. Carriers at War ', Peter Kilduff, 1981. Surprised me, i 
>thought
>the ATC/ ART-13 was always ready to go.
>-Hue Miller
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