MM asked:

Specifically:
- what time period or operations were the pods carried?

Guy Alcala responded:

The Project CHECO report "Tactical Electronic Warfare Operations in SEA,
1962-1968," dated 10 February 1969, says that pre-production QRC-160 pods
were first deployed from Kadena to Tan Son Nhut for use by RF-101s in late
March 1965. Dorr agrees on 1965.

As does the Voodoo report, specifically it says that the first mission
with QRC-160 took place on 29 April 1965. Three RF-101s (from the 45th
TRS at TSN,) with four QRC-160s each supported a Rolling Thunder
strike mission by jamming radars associated with defensive equipment.

MM asked

- can anyone comment on the specific pod carried in this photo, or in
general what pods were carried by the Voodoo.

From the Voodoo report:

"Another missile downed an RF-101C on 1 August 1967 [note: Charles
Winston KIA, 20th TRS Udorn] even the the voodoo carried operational
ALQ-51 deception jammers. Seveth Air Force headquarters, having
suspected for some time that ALQ-51 pods were ineffective against
increasingly sophisticated radars in North Vietnam, withdrew them from
use. As a substitute, it directed that the RF-101C pilots again fly in
two-ship formations carrying two ALQ-71 jamming pods originally
designed for fighter aircraft."

Alternately they would be escorted by F-4s that carried ALQ-71s.

Further down the page...

"When a MiG shot down another MiG on 16 September, [note: Bobby Bagley
POW, 20th TRS Udorn] Seventh Air Force headquarters directed that the
Voodoos not be scheduled for reconnaissance mission over northern
North Vietnam."

I'm pretty sure that Bagley and his wingman were carrying ALQ-71s at
the time...Bagley never saw any of the 4 MiGs that jumped them.

The 20th TRS deactivated at Udorn on 31 Oct 1967, as they were
replaced at Udorn by the recently arrived 14th TRS flying RF-4C. This
left the 45th TRS at TSN flying RF-101s in SEA. The 45th deactivated
Nov 1970.

Juvat