Fris B,
Your post is a nice segue into a question I was going to ask.
I’m old enough to have seen dipoles on Vampire T 11 wings at Shawbury in the late 60s. I didn’t know what they were at the time but I now know they were Rebecca receiving aerials.
My question is where were the transmitting aerials?
John,
I had read about the pressurized “can” before you posted. Initially I thought it was pressurized from the aircraft’s systems until I read about the tyre valve. Was there a pressure gauge or did you have to apply a gauge to the valve? What pressure did you pump it up to? I presume the pressurization was to prevent arcing at high-altitude.