[TowerTalk] 1942 aircraft radio question

[Mark Robinson]

an RDF (radio direction finder) possibly


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Subject: [TowerTalk] 1942 aircraft radio question


> Got this from a local kid who has visited here... anyone have an idea of
> what it is off of?
>
> <quote>
> I have a question for you.  While walking around the site of the 1942
> plane crash near Garnet Peak on the south end of town, someone picked up
> an oval shaped tag, put it in some solvent, and found that it read
> "THRES SENS" on one side and "LOOP GAIN" on the other.  I would assume
> this would be off some part of the plane's radio.  Do you have any idea
> what "THRES SENS" means or can you confirm it could be off the radio?
> <quote>
>
> from the web page: http://home.att.net/~jbaugher/1942_1.html
> I can give you the usaaf serial numbers:
>
> 42-6455/6504 Douglas C-53-DO
> c/n 4907/4956
> 6463 (c/n 4915) crashed Oct 10, 1942 east of Garnet Peak, Peru, MA.
>
> And it was big news at the time:
> http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F00D11F63A58167B93C5A81783D8
> 5F468485F9
>
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> David Robbins K1TTT
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