More on Antennae

Shortly after delivery from Boeing. 

Voyageur HF antenna. Picture courtesy of Derek Heyes

With a bit of luck I successfully conveyed to you the complexities of trying to figure out what air frame had which antennae and when. With respect to markings and modifications, operational requirements of a very limited primary SAR resource played havoc with implementation schedules for painting and modifying individual aircraft. This resulted in what seemed like a never ending juggling act placing resources where they were most needed and still meeting the overall need to modify and refurbish the fleet.

I have intentionally avoided trying to sort out the less obvious antennae, such as ADF, UHF, VHF, radalt, VOR, TACAN, DECCA and probably other antenna that the 113s used over the many years it beat about Canadian skies. My best, in fact my only advice would be to pay strict attention to your photo resources to determine which antennae the aircraft you are modelling may have had at any given time.

So in this blog I am simply going to place more pictures here for the reader to scrutinize.

Note antenna on the nose. Photo courtesy of Derek Heyes (pictured here with his brother in Comox)

Note placement of the antennae on this SARCUP Labrador. DND photo

Not all antennae were on the belly...here two are housed on the sync shaft tunnel cover. DND photo

301 In museum. Photo courtesy of Jeff Wilson

301 In museum. Photo courtesy Jeff Wilson

301 In museum. Photo courtesy of Jeff Wilson

301 In museum. Aft portion of HF antenna. Photo courtesy of Jeff Wilson

301 In museum. Forward portion of HF antenna. Photo courtesy of Jeff Wilson.

301 In museum. Note position of blade antenna off center. Photo courtesy of Jeff Wilson

301 In museum. Photo courtesy of Jeff Wilson

301 In museum. Photo courtesy of Jeff Wilson

Note colour of forward blade antenna on sync shaft tunnel. Photo courtesy Mike Head

Photo courtesy of Pat Martin

Note black antenna. Photo courtesy of Scott Hemsley

Forward portion of Voyageur HF antenna. Photo courtesy Scott Hemsley

Sync shaft mounted antennae. Photo courtesy Scott Hemsley

Note SARAH antenna forward of hoist. Photo Randy Brown collection

SARAH antenna forward of right side door. Another SARAH antenna was located in the same position on the left side. Photo Randy Brown collection

Note single small blade style antenna on sync shaft and HF side mounted blade antenna. There are several clues to help you date this picture.

Photo courtesy Bill Ewing

Photo courtesy of Bill Ewing

DND Photo