[Milsurplus] Question about radios on WWII airplanes

[Jack Antonio]

On 4/18/2025 2:50 AM, Hubert Miller wrote:

> But i don't see the PBY combination of BC-348 ART-13 seen on SOME PBYs WW2. 


I have portions of a manual for the PBM-5, that says the
radio fit of aircraft from s/n 85146 and onwards had the
BC-348-Q and AN/ART-13. Picture shows a BC-348 with an LM-14
and a single AN/ARC-5 receiver with what looks like a local
adapter (it is a fuzzy picture though, so can't be sure about the
adapter). Some earlier serial number aircraft show an RAX-1 installation
instead of the BC-348, and the AN/ARC-5 receiver is listed as an
HF receiver.

Even earlier serial numbers show an RAX installation in a
vertical stack arrangement along with a GO.

Jack Antonio
WA7DIA