Heijo,to me it looks like some type mike button.sure is one long cord,type the first radioman use to wear when he was off watch but wanted to hear what was...
Angie as for me I was a real good operator.could send and recieve with the best of them,but did no know doodly squat about repair or theory in regards to the...
PBY related books, part 2 of 2: Dark Sky, Deep water. First hand reflections of the anti-U-Boat War in WWII. By: Norman Franks. Published 1997, (1999 in...
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PBY@yahoogroups.com
May 1, 2004 10:06 am
PBY related book list, Part 1 of 2: 40 jaar luchtvaart in Indie. (Dutch) By: Gerard Casius and Thijs Postma. ISBN: 90-6013-944-5 Published: 70 jaar...
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PBY@yahoogroups.com
May 1, 2004 10:07 am
PBY's in Movies. 'Always' Starring Richard Dreyfuss and John Goodman. This featured one of the SLAFCO PBYs, N9505C. 'Coastal Command' A wartime RAF propaganda...
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PBY@yahoogroups.com
May 1, 2004 10:07 am
Research resources. Latest update: March 3rd, 2004. Naval Historical Center Naval Aviation History Branch 805 Kidder Breese SE Washington Navy Yard Washington,...
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angieroy@...
May 1, 2004 11:18 am
Larry on the ammo feed... We went into Iceland with ammo cans..These were prehistoric as the cans had to be changed. Later and I know not when, we got what was...
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w5vb
w5vb@...
May 1, 2004 12:26 pm
Jeez, Walt: The only GP that I recall ever seeing and tuning was in ARM QUALAIR School at NAS JAX in early '41 following boot camp at "Sugar City." Seem...
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angieroy@...
May 1, 2004 1:50 pm
Hello Walt #1 and #2..On sleeping on the replacement for the GO series which was the large Tx used by the radioman, I came up with ART13..Back in the...
Walt B.that is where I remembered the DF 1 was.Remember in the beginning gave some recipercal readings.I guess my hearing was never great in getting the...
I was a reporter for a court-martial during the Korean War. An F4U had landed aboard from a CAP and been struck below. An AOM2 rode down the elevator with it...
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angieroy@...
May 1, 2004 4:59 pm
Larry, I tried to always get the maximum Nul on the DF as that was the correct one, however we were between diego and texas and the pilot ask for a reading on...
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w5vb
w5vb@...
May 1, 2004 5:29 pm
Problem Larry, was that you got the proper null as well as the reciprocal null, so if you knew the location of the DF "station," then unless you were...
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w5vb
w5vb@...
May 1, 2004 6:27 pm
Roy: Not to be disagreeable, but I think that you are referring to the ARC-5 Series [or Command Sets as they were called]. I used one in ham radio for the...
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TWMcCarthy@...
May 1, 2004 6:50 pm
In a message dated 5/1/2004 11:28:49 AM Pacific Standard Time, w5vb@... writes: the ART-13 did have one 813 final amp with two 811 modulators. We had...
Anyone of you gentlemen out there know anything about this? Steve just sent this to me. Thanks again Larry Dear Mr Katz, My name is Steve Ekholm. My father, ...
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angieroy@...
May 2, 2004 12:24 am
Hoosier, I think yu are right on the single 813 and later remembered the modulator. On the BC345 I think that is correct, however a BC221 comes to my memory. ...
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angieroy@...
May 2, 2004 12:39 am
Yes walt, the ARC5 were in between The RU and GFBut believe they too were superhets. I used the "beam" receiver which followed by NC183 receiver especialy on...
I assume that you have visited the VPNAVY website. If not you can see it at this link: http://www.vpnavy.org/usscoos.html The only VP squadron mentioned is...
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wa6agl
wa6agl@...
May 2, 2004 5:57 am
in the mid 40's we took on a receiver called the ARB along with the GO 9.. But the RU was best for CW... I dont even think that they have CW anymore in the...
Hi all! Just joined the group, wishing you could help me out with a research I'm conducting about a specific 'Cat'. I'm looking for data, images and whatever...
Hello Tsahi, Following is information on 64017's USN service history. Like all the PBY-6As, it was built by Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corp's New Orleans...
Hi Rangar! Thanks for the information. I'm afraid that I'm not the one responsible for museum, acquisitions. Situation at the museum is quite sad. Budget...
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w5vb
w5vb@...
May 2, 2004 12:21 pm
Roy: Think that the BC221 was another designation for the LM series freq. meter but they both looked similar worked the same; never could grasp why...
I'll respond shortly! Cheers. David Legg Editor: The Catalina News The Catalina Society ... From: Ragnar J Ragnarsson To: PBY@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, May...
Hi again! A bit confused.... What do NART and O&R stand for? Would anybody be kind enough and explain what does Hedron FAW 2 stand for? I figure out FAW2...
Hi Tsahi, Sorry, I should have included that. Here it comes: NART = Naval Air Reserve Training [Base] O&R = Overhaul & Repair [Unit] Hedron = Headquarters...
Tsahi: O&R stands for "Overhaul and Repair" - the unit where aircraft were repaired. "FAW" stands for Fleet Air Wing - previous to late 1942 these were known...
