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G3VKM_Roger · 16th Apr 2015, 9:58 am

David,

There's a possibility that this type of gear was used for remote-control drone aircraft, in particular "Operation Aphrodite" type missions where explosive-laden B-24 and B-17 size a/c were manually got airborne but then the control was taken over by a mother-ship, the drone crew bailing-out over land. The eldest brother of JFK was lost on such a mission when his B-24 blew-up over the Suffolk coast.

As you point out, 20MHz was the upper limit for most WW2 HF gear, so the frequency range of the gear in question might have been considered to have semi-VHF properties and also be relatively unused by other systems or comms.

I sold my GWY-2A TXs a copy of years ago but did retain some pix, if anyone has any interest.

73

Roger

16th Apr 2015, 9:58 am	#11
G3VKM_Roger Heptode Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Southeast Norfolk, UK. Posts: 773	Re: Any information on this US Navy receiver please? David, There's a possibility that this type of gear was used for remote-control drone aircraft, in particular "Operation Aphrodite" type missions where explosive-laden B-24 and B-17 size a/c were manually got airborne but then the control was taken over by a mother-ship, the drone crew bailing-out over land. The eldest brother of JFK was lost on such a mission when his B-24 blew-up over the Suffolk coast. As you point out, 20MHz was the upper limit for most WW2 HF gear, so the frequency range of the gear in question might have been considered to have semi-VHF properties and also be relatively unused by other systems or comms. I sold my GWY-2A TXs a copy of years ago but did retain some pix, if anyone has any interest. 73 Roger Attached Thumbnails