Hi All
I'm looking for sources for the following: Insturment panel knobs; 60A ammeter with metal bezel; original doughtnut style DG in working condition; blue plexy panel cover, 1954 VHF radio
Vince Lalomia
1954 C 170 B Interior parts:
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Re: 1954 C 170 B Interior parts:
Civilian VHF radios were very scarce in 1954, and if one was found it would no longer be useable due to excessive band spread on transmission.
When I came back to San Antonio,Texas from Fairbanks, Alaska, in my Stinson L-5 in May of 1951, we were still using HF at 3105 KCs on transmitt and listened on 200 to 400 KCs on the four legged radio ranges. I don't believe that small GA VHF transceivers were even available yet.
I remember when they came out with VHF radios in the USAAF during WWII, they were four (4) channels,--- A, B, C, and D.
Post war the came up with a new and better one with eight (8) channels. "What-in-hell they going to do with all those Channels?", was the general question. Next thing you know, they had ninety (90) channels. Then came 360, followed by 720 with a 25 KC split.
Now they have them split down to 8 1/3 KCs in Europe and I guess we'll be next!
When I came back to San Antonio,Texas from Fairbanks, Alaska, in my Stinson L-5 in May of 1951, we were still using HF at 3105 KCs on transmitt and listened on 200 to 400 KCs on the four legged radio ranges. I don't believe that small GA VHF transceivers were even available yet.
I remember when they came out with VHF radios in the USAAF during WWII, they were four (4) channels,--- A, B, C, and D.
Post war the came up with a new and better one with eight (8) channels. "What-in-hell they going to do with all those Channels?", was the general question. Next thing you know, they had ninety (90) channels. Then came 360, followed by 720 with a 25 KC split.
Now they have them split down to 8 1/3 KCs in Europe and I guess we'll be next!
BL
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