[Milsurplus] Need Info On British Aircraft Receiver RA-1B

WA5CAB at cs.com WA5CAB at cs.com
Thu May 4 18:57:57 EDT 2017


The Air Ministry label is usually written or spoken as "A-Crown-M" for a 
description.

Robert Downs - Houston
wa5cab dot com (Web Store)
MVPA 9480

In a message dated 05/03/2017 12:35:21 PM Central Daylight Time, 
wf2u at ws19ops.com writes: 
> John,
> 
> 
> The RA-1(*) family of aircraft receivers is not British. It is made by 
> Bendix in the US. The units marked with AM and a crown were used by the RAF 
> and got the British Air Ministry label. They were also used on some Canadian 
> aircraft and even saw limited use in the US. As Brian included the link to 
> Mike Hantz's website. The documentation is there.
> 
> 
> 73, Meir WF2U
> 
> Landrum, SC
> 
> 
> Sent from BlueMail 
> On May 3, 2017, at 12:01 PM, John Allen via Milsurplus <
> milsurplus at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
> >>  At the Charlotte, NC in March (at the Carolina AWA Conference) I 
>> bought an Aircraft Receiver that is British (or possibly Australian) and is of  
>> a WWII vintage, based on the tube lineup.
>> The model # on the receiver is RA-1B and it has  the letters AM, and a 
>> crown on the label.
>> 
>> I am in need of a manual and/or a schematic for this receiver.
>> Any help will be greatly appreciated.
>> Thanks &73
>> John Allen, W4GQT since 1959.
>> 
>> 
> 
> 
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