[Milsurplus] [ARC5] No GO-9 On Display. Likely GO-2. Photo URLs Added

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At 01:22 AM 7/18/2017, Mike Morrow wrote:
>Here are photos of three different GO-series transmitters:
>
>Photo of "assumed" GO-2:  http://tlbigley.com/Cutaway%20PBY/int-07.html
>
>Photo of GO-6 HF Section:  Attached (from George)
   GO-6 looks like half of a TCK.

>Photo of GO-9:  http://aafradio.org/flightdeck/go9.htm (from Mike)
>
>Mike / KK5F
>
>-----Original Message-----
> >From: Mike Morrow
> >
> >Meir wrote:
> >
> >> You can see the radio compartment of a PBY-5 aircraft with the GO-9
> >> and a pair of RU-19 receivers here:
> >>   http://tlbigley.com/Cutaway%20PBY/
> >
> >Meir,
> >
> >The photos in that cutaway have intrigued me for several years.
> >
> >The GO-series transmitter pictured is definitely NOT a 
> GO-9...there's not a bit of doubt about that.  So...wbat is it???
> >
> >There were only four makers of the GO-series:
> >
> >Hygrade Sylvania
> >GO      1933
> >
> >Western Electric
> >GO-1    1934
> >GO-2    1935
> >
> >Westinghouse Electric
> >GO-3    1937
> >GO-7    1940
> >GO-8    1940
> >GO-9    1940
> >GO-9a   1944
> >
> >General Electric
> >GO-4    1938
> >GO-5    1939
> >GO-6    1939
> >
> >If the photos are enlarged and studied, the largest lettering is 
> the manufacturer's name, which appears to be the stylized "Western 
> Electric".  The cutaway likely has a 1935 GO-2 installed on a 1943 PBY-5B.
> >
> >That's not so unlikely...the website explains that the aircraft 
> was damaged in 1944 and subsequently turned into a non-flying 
> training exhibit.  It would be very possible that older gear would 
> wind up replacing a set that was currently needed for flying 
> service.  The preservation of what is likely the only surviving 
> GO-2 is a happy consequence.
> >
> >For similar reasons, it is uncertain that the receiver system is 
> actually the expected RU-19 system.  There would only be ONE RU-19 
> system with its TWO CW-46048D receivers.  Regardless, the 
> liaison-service receivers RU-4 (1935) through RU-19 (1941) are 
> visually and electrically essentially identical.
> >
> >I've been wanting to make a trip to see this cutaway and try to 
> verify what is really installed.  One thing is certain...there is 
> no GO-9 there.  :-)
> >
> >Mike / KK5F
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