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Re: Spitfire FR Mk.IXc
« Reply #30 on: December 29, 2017, 09:25:32 PM »
Excellent!
For what I know,  radio wires disappeared on the Spitfires circa 1942

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Re: Spitfire FR Mk.IXc
« Reply #31 on: December 29, 2017, 09:41:48 PM »
Aha... thank you mate for that info :-ok

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Re: Spitfire FR Mk.IXc
« Reply #32 on: January 02, 2018, 11:59:29 AM »
fantastic !

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Re: Spitfire FR Mk.IXc
« Reply #33 on: January 02, 2018, 12:56:07 PM »
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Re: Spitfire FR Mk.IXc
« Reply #34 on: January 02, 2018, 02:01:05 PM »
Daniel is right, antenna wires were eliminated on the Spitfire, and they started sometime in 1940 to install new VHF radios that didn't need the wires. However, the IFF antenna wires from the fuselage to the horizontal stabilizers were still in use until sometime in early 1943.

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Re: Spitfire FR Mk.IXc
« Reply #35 on: January 02, 2018, 02:08:14 PM »
Thanks mate :))