[MRCG] Fwd: 1945 NAS ATC Tower Radio Comms Document

[JAMES FALLS]

My Dad, Lloyd (SK) would’ve LOVED to read this! He was an air traffic controller for 30 years. 

Jim Falls K6FWT 

> On Nov 29, 2021, at 14:26, Nick England <navy.radio at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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.
> https://www.navy-radio.com/commsta/nas-atc.htm
> 
> 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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