[Milsurplus] Curtiss A-12 "Shrike"

[Mike Morrow]

> Does anybody have info on what the radio equipment would
> have been for an Army Air Corps Curtiss A-12 “Shrike”
> attack plane, circa 1933-41

I speculated on a similar question a few days ago on the arc5 list:

 http://mailman.qth.net/pipermail/arc5/2016-August/025409.html

>> ...and what was in the B-10 and B-12, B-18?
>
> The B-10 entered service in 1934.
>
> There are three 1934 command set candidates, in chronological order:
>
> SCR-AC-183:  Receiver BC-AB-199, transmitter BC-AB-200
> SCR-AD-183:  Receiver BC-AD-199, transmitter BC-AD-200
> SCR-AB-183:  Receiver BC-AD-219, transmitter BC-AD-219.
>
> There is one 1934 liaison set candidate:
>
> SCR-AA-187:  Receiver BC-AD-219 and CW oscillator BC-**-183,
> transmitter BC-AA-191.
>
>> Also the Army had  a plane called the "Shrike" which had radio
>> capability. I wonder what those radios were?
>
> You refer to the Curtis A-12, a 1933-entry aircraft.  In 1933,
> the likely command set would be the 1932 SCR-AA-183 (first of
> 21 different SCR-A*-183/283 sets):
>
> SCR-AA-183:  Receiver BC-AA-179, transmitter BC-AA-180.

I doubt that the A-12 had a liaison set.

If the A-12 received in 1934 a later command set later than SCR-AA-183, then the AC, AD, or AB models listed above for the B-10 are also likely candidates for the A-12.

Mike / KK5F