[Milsurplus] Red face TU

Robert Downs wa5cab at cs.com
Tue Apr 19 04:02:52 EDT 2022


The implication was that only the TU with the unknown mods was painted.

 

Robert Downs

 

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[mailto:milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Hubert Miller
Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2022 02:16
To: milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Red face TU

 

German fighter aircraft apparently entered the war using HF equipment, with
I think a TRF receiver.

I forget the Fu-number. Then ( I guess mid war ) the transition was to the
44 - 50 MHz band. 

Bomber aircraft used the FuG10 system, which did have a HF component for 3 -
6 MHz. That means,

aircraft with a radio operator. So yes, the Tinsel system would "maybe" have
proven worthwhile 

during the Battle of Britain, not much after the war moved to the continent.

I still think painting BC-375 red would be a worthless exercise. If these
had special components, like

maybe a wobbulator, just paint a big X on the front somewhere. It's not
going to go into a repair depot

and disappear. ( Actually, a cruel thought occurred to me just now: with the
BC-375, who needs a 

wobbulator? )

-Hue Miller 

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