That BC-384 under the desk in the Thurleigh station is weird. Seems to be in a terrible location to actually operate it. I wonder if they needed a place to store that receiver and just shoved it in the space beneath the desk there. 

 

 

73 Eugene W2HX

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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Captain D. via MRCA
Sent: Monday, November 29, 2021 5:56 PM
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [MRCA] Fwd: 1945 NAS ATC Tower Radio Comms Document

 

Attached are two original pictures of RAF Watch Station Control desks : RAF Goxhill is an original picture,   The other picture is from RAF Thureigh  (US 8th Air Force ) as it looked on VE-Day in 1945


In a message dated 11/29/2021 5:26:27 PM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes:

 

Thanks to Hue Miller, I have scanned and posted a 1945 document from the Puget Sound Naval Yard laying out a standardized installation for Radio Communications in Air Traffic Control Towers at Naval Air Stations.

 

There are photos, schematics, etc. of all the components as well as an overall system cabling diagram and overall system schematic.

Of some interest may be -

Receivers are listed for 3105kc, 3235kc, 3385kc, 4495kc, 6390kc (crash freq), 140.58mc plus spares
Transmitters are listed for 3295kc, 6970kc, 278kc, 6390kc (crash freq), 142.74mc plus spares

The fixed frequency HF receivers look like Fisher Research Labs units. I also see a couple of RAS receivers, and an RCO. There's also mention of an SCR-522.

 

Cheers,

Nick England K4NYW
www.navy-radio.com

p.s. The cabling and schematic scans aren't great but you can make out most things if you zoom in. That's what you get with 1944 blueprints and a scanner at FedEx with no opportunity to adjust contrast/brightness.....

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