AT5 radio transmitter. by blinkings

Photography • Aviation • posted on Feb 22, 2011

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Used on many aircraft during WW2. As indicated on the card, this set was from a Bristol Beaufort torpedo bomber.

Comments (14)

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Crabbycabby

12:56AM | Tue, 22 February 2011

I wonder what our technology will look like in 60 years time?

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kgb224

1:13AM | Tue, 22 February 2011

stunning capture my friend.

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jayfar

1:21AM | Tue, 22 February 2011

Nice find and capture - a very intricate piece of kit.

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cfulton

1:26AM | Tue, 22 February 2011

Amazing - time moves on. I did my apprenticeship in the Air Force on a ground based valve transceiver something like this. Now your mobile phone can do much more than this bit of history! Clive

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beachzz

1:29AM | Tue, 22 February 2011

Things have changed a bit!!

whaleman

2:34AM | Tue, 22 February 2011

That is a very interesting radio, and one only for very experienced operators as its tuning is quite complex. Nice shot!

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durleybeachbum

3:20AM | Tue, 22 February 2011

What a maze!

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neiwil

3:53AM | Tue, 22 February 2011

But will it get Radio 2 ?..... always interesting to see behind the face plate.I'm fascinated by the 3..sorry 4 'locks', early Automatic Frequency Control ??

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GARAGELAND

4:31AM | Tue, 22 February 2011

Took lots of training to opperate this baby! Super shot!

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KateBlack10

7:47AM | Tue, 22 February 2011

Love the light

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Faemike55

10:11AM | Tue, 22 February 2011

Great capture of this bit of history

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bmac62

11:24AM | Tue, 22 February 2011

Like Neil (neiwil), I always find this stuff fascinating. Looks a lot more complicated than today's kit. All the functions of this radio would easily fit within a box the size of a small book today. Amazing technological advances came out of raw necessity during WWII.

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danapommet

7:15PM | Mon, 28 February 2011

My real job in the Navy was to convert "tube" navigational equipment to transistors. Very happy that I didn’t have to convert that monster. I don’t think that the AT5 would have fit in our helicopters. Wonderful shot and share. Dana

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debbielove

10:57AM | Sun, 06 March 2011

Now here is piece of history! Just look at the size of it! Hugely unreliable, but when its all you had... Really great (and clear) shot.. Huge thanks for showing it.. :-) (I see you have a load I have to catch up on....and I'm not back for 3 days! GULP!) Take care Rob