[R-390] 51J transceiver in Amelia Earhart Film

[Tom M.]

Gentlemen?

Anyone catch this program on the Travel Channel last night?

They had some re-enacted film from the Cutter Itasca doing a DF on AE's plane. 
Appeared that they were talking to her on a 51J receiver, looked like a light
gray variation.

Anyway, later in the program they showed an effort by a group of folks from
Rockwell Collins who were doing technical analysis on the signal data of the
event, trying to ascertain the logical location of the plane from the DF and
signal strength info from the log of Itasca.

Pretty interesting stuff.  

Of course, lots of Collins gear in the pictures, except for one Collins
employee who runs Kenwood gear.

73 N5OFF

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