Originally Posted by
Tankertrashnav
Hadn't been aware of Orange Putter before so I Googled it. My first attempt produced page after page of colourful golf clubs until I had the idea of adding the word "radar" to my search criteria!
Did you find out that it was the most spread out piece of kit in a Valiant?
The indicator was in front of the co-pilot, there was a junction box in front of the AEO, the waveform generator was up the Organ Loft and the Tx/Rx was the extremity of the fuselage.
Changing a Tx/Rx in the dark & cold of a winters night, was in modern parlance, a bit of a challenge.
It also wasn't a very good piece of kit.
I might have some course notes in the garage. I know I still have the Green Satin ones, and they were both on the same 'Fitter Bomber' course.
It was supposed to be for 'tail warning' of hostile a/c. On 214 in the IFR trials days, there were hopes of using it to detect incoming receivers, but in general it wasn't much help.
Edited to add.
The commonest reported problem was spurious 'Wings Range' audio warnings been fed into the intercom, so the OP was switched off!
I dunno if Red Steer was better, as that was after my time.