[NJARC] NJARC Digest, Vol 112, Issue 8

[rckchp at comcast.net]

Pete, 



120mhz is in the airband freqs. ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airband  ) In 50s the am broadcast band and the LF 200-500khz band were used as "homing beacons", an earlier type of direction finding. When installed in an aircraft your radio probably was connected to a instrument panel mounted round gauge which would indicate the heading (in compass degrees) to the ground transmitting station. The LF beacons transmitted an audio cw identifier, such as EWR for Newark airport.....which is why the commercial pilot test included knowledge of international code in those days....maybe still does. 



Rich  K2CPE 



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I recently bought a bendix airplane transmitter ca 1950 and noticed its both a transmitter and receiver. It transmits on the 120mhz am band but receives both BC band and 200-500khz. 

Does anyone know about this - the dual band t and r aspect of aircraft radio then? This is new to me. 

73 Pete W2PM 

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