[GreenKeys] More Transceiver stuff...

[Randy or Sherry Guttery]

Since we're talking about old military RTTY stuff...

When I was on Guam the last time (1973-1975) I picked up several 
transceiver units in one of the equipment lots I bought. The only thing 
I remember was that they frames into which slid various modules. I kept 
a logbook of the equipment that we bought and sold during those times - 
and the entry is: Tone Transceivers, Telesignal,  model numbers 101, 102 
and 107-B. It's noted there were 19 units, total weight 50 pounds (which 
means they cost us $10.00 - since it was .10 pound for pieces/parts and 
.20 pound for complete units). The only other note was that since I 
hadn't found any use for them - they were scrapped in Aug. 1975 since we 
had to get rid of quite a bit of "stuff" so we weren't over our weight 
limit coming back to conus. Anyone have any idea what these are/were? 
Could have been Navy or Air Force - since that disposal office handled 
stuff from both.

That also brings back another memory - They were starting to replace 
some of the oldest TMC gear - and a complete FRR-60 & FRT-40s showed up 
a few weeks before I left. Of course at well over a ton - no way to 
bring them back.  There had been parts of them through before (We had a 
TIS-3 TTY to AFSK modulator for years)...  but you couldn't help but 
smack your lips at the sight of one of those 40KW beasts and matching 
twin diversity receiver- Complete!


best regards...
-- 
randy guttery

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