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The receiver attached to the loop could be either a Bendix RA-10-** or MN-26-*. It's impossible to tell which from simply the antenna, but if I had to guess it would probably be a MN-26-* - the USAAF tended to go more for that model than the RA-10, which the Navy preferred. Either one used a...

One has to be a little careful when using that pdf list from my website, as it came from an early 1943 radio training course. The full link is Navy aircraft radio compliment annex It contains aircraft types and radios only through late 1942, but none of the later JAN nomenclatured equipment...

I know this is an old thread, but it seems appropriate to close it out with some corrections and clarifications. The leftmost box is an FL-5 audio filter. See below for more on it. The right hand box appears to be a radio power switch or breaker mounted in a sheet metal enclosure...

They refer to manual or automatic volume control. Auto was normally used with voice communications, while manual was preferred for CW work or initial signal acquisition, but it really depended on the strength of the signal being received more than anything. One or the other mode would...