B17 Transmitter

[elitopus]

This is just cool. No affiliation

http://spacecoast.craigslist.org/ele/4917604246.html

 

[JBL GUY]

I am a big fan of vintage tube based RF electronics.

Thanks for the picture and the link.

 

[electronjohn]

A "Command Set". Nifty.

 

[soundmotor]

Look in the back of a 1950's Radio & TV News magazine, nearly every page had ads for them. They must have been stacked to the moon after WW2.

 

[BillyBatts]

Interesting stuff.

I know that during the war, the transmitters used were between 200 Khz and 21 Mhz.
I didn't know that Aircarft used 7 Mhz with any preference (if they did), but that makes sense. 40 meter propagation, especially over water, would be good for 100 to 500 miles depending on solar cycles fairly dependably during the day and further at night. Probably a good range for bombing runs.

I have a Hallicrafters Receiver that would pair up with that Rig just dandy - if I were in the market.

 

[Sandy G]

Look in the back of a 1950's Radio & TV News magazine, nearly every page had ads for them. They must have been stacked to the moon after WW2.

Yeah, & they were RIDICULOUSLY cheap. A "Command Set" radio station could be assembled for a PITTANCE, & lots of postwar Hams got their start that way.

 

[squirrelnest]

Cool pic....My dad flew B-17's during WW II......He just turned 94 years old....still hanging in there!

 

[Pio1980]

I have a civilianized BC-348M in my radio room I haven't fired up in a while, the long range commo receiver on all these WW-II big birds.

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