[Milsurplus] K-Class airship radio

[Al Klase]

Thanks Hue,

Download the image, and crank up the gamma.  You'll be able to recognize 
some of the equipment.

Al

Al Klase – N3FRQ
Jersey City, NJ
http://www.skywaves.ar88.net/

On 2/21/2015 4:26 AM, Hue Miller wrote:
> http://www.defensemedianetwork.com/stories/naval-aviation-centennial-blimp-vs-u-boat/
>
> has the story of airship K-74’s July 1943 battle with U-134 in the Caribbean.
> K-74 was the only airship destroyed by enemy fire in WW2.
> It’s not a long article at all. Scrolling down, there appears a photo of the radio shack -
> we might have discussed this here already, I don’t recall.
> RU + GF and RU + GP equipment. Radar is mentioned in the article, but not shown, nor
> is type designation given.
>
> I happened across the photo after reading an article on Tillamook Oregon’s air museum.
> Article in Oregon Coast magazine Feb. 2015. Tillamook had 2 hangars, each 7 acres large and
> height of 180 ft. and used 2.5 million board feet of lumber – the hangars were built from wood
> to conserve steel for war. Tillamook was probably a pretty good duty station – if a little boring,
> and damp too. And it occurred to me, piloting an airship was probably pretty boring too.
>
> -Hue
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