salvador001 Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 (edited) The antenna Ray has pointed with the red arrow its for a civilian base mount radio. Some El Salvador Hueys have them and have a Motorola commercial radio inside. Dave, did 452 had this antenna? If so i forgot to put it. Rod. Edited November 16, 2015 by salvador001 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
huey_crew_chief Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 We didn't have that antenna on any of our aircraft. Since those pictures are of Medevacs it's probably something specific to the UH-1V. Chris M Chris, 452 is an H, so I would guess Rod's answer is on the money. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chief Snake Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 An obvious application would to be in contact with civilian on ground assets. Something akin to the MAST program. Interesting to see this. Chris M Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Winnie Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 That antenna is a VHF AM or FM whip, could be for civvy medical radios or Aeronautical AM. Cheers H. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
torchf4 Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 I got you covered, Dave. You guys probably don't realize it, but Dave has thousands of Huey photos he has taken that I am ever so slowly digitizing. Turns out 255 wasn't the only bird to get the roof antenna. Here is 255 and another bird as well. I assume it's the antenna I can see sticking up in the center of the roof, correct? Weird thing is the bottom bird does have the mount for the GPS antenna on the wire strike blade. Or am I looking at the wrong antenna? Ray What's that platform thingy on 255? Is it a fire fighting tank with steps? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rotorwash Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 What's that platform thingy on 255? Is it a fire fighting tank with steps? That is a aux tank. It has an integral step incorporated into it. Ray PS: Thanks for the info on the civilian radio antenna guys. Learn something new every day. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
salvador001 Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 Ray, do you happen to have a closeup shot of the ALQ-144 installation setup on those hueys? Do you know their serial numbers?, im really into building one of those but i need to be sure first of this two details. Thanks. Rod. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rotorwash Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Ray, do you happen to have a closeup shot of the ALQ-144 installation setup on those hueys? Do you know their serial numbers?, im really into building one of those but i need to be sure first of this two details. Thanks. Rod. Rod, Alas, the photos are just not high quality. I'll see if I have anything else that might help. Tay Quote Link to post Share on other sites
salvador001 Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Thanks Ray, ill be waiting those photos. Rod. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Loach Driver Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 This photo popped up on FB with some interesting comments associated with it, along the lines of "we weren't here, you didn't see us". Photo is from 1983 and presumably is from "somewhere" south of the border! My guess is Honduras but who knows. Not sure if this Huey has any markings or not. LD. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
11bee Posted January 4, 2018 Author Share Posted January 4, 2018 On 12/27/2017 at 4:21 AM, Loach Driver said: This photo popped up on FB with some interesting comments associated with it, along the lines of "we weren't here, you didn't see us". Photo is from 1983 and presumably is from "somewhere" south of the border! My guess is Honduras but who knows. Not sure if this Huey has any markings or not. LD. I couldn't find this discussion on the Huey FB page, what was the insinuation, that these guys were "civilians"? Interesting that the huey doesn't have M60's mounted, thought that was pretty standard for helos deployed to Southern Command. Can't make out what the pilot is holding either, almost looks like it might be a CAR-15, earlier version of the M4 (which wasn't in service back then). If so, that's a bit unusual as well for a regular Army unit. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Loach Driver Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 6 hours ago, 11bee said: I couldn't find this discussion on the Huey FB page., what was the insinuation, that these guys were "civilians"? Interesting that the huey doesn't have M60's mounted, thought that was pretty standard for helos deployed to Southern Command. Can't make out what the pilot is holding either, almost looks like it might be a CAR-15, earlier version of the M4 (which wasn't in service back then). If so, that's a bit unusual as well for a regular Army unit. I hope this link works. LD. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
11bee Posted January 4, 2018 Author Share Posted January 4, 2018 (edited) 2 hours ago, Loach Driver said: I hope this link works. LD. Works great LD, thanks. Interesting comments to the post. Especially when the subject came up about any 500's down there. Response was that he didn't see any but they did had have some pilots that "didn't" fly them. LOL.. Sounds like he may have been doing some side work.... Edited January 4, 2018 by 11bee Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CharlieUH-1H Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 Waking up John's Topic from 2015 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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