From ramcam at magma.ca  Sun Mar  1 12:33:11 2009
From: ramcam at magma.ca (Ralph Cameron)
Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2009 12:33:11 -0500
Subject: [Milsurplus] Why DU
Message-ID: <0B370611A24942CA80DD248A0B6A2283@CAMERON>

My understanding is the loop developed from the early quest of  dirigible 
operators who discovered its property of exhibiting a null perpendicular to 
the plane of the loop. Airport location in foggy conditions was a feature 
discovered using audio frequencies and a ground located loop around an 
airfield. As the blimp approached When exactly over the center of the ground 
placed loop, the airborne monitor heard a null or so called "cone of 
silence".

The loop is aerodynamically suitable for an aircraft and many improvements 
since then to automate the loop to locate the null which was  coupled to a 
compass rose, enabled the pilot to home in on a particular radio signal 
source.

I don't know if 7500Khz had any particular signifcance  in terms of the DF 
ability. I would have thought the lower frequenceis which were more stable, 
would be more accurate for navigating. The MN-26 only covered to 1500Khz.

Ralph
VE3BBM 


From scr287 at sbcglobal.net  Sun Mar  1 16:09:07 2009
From: scr287 at sbcglobal.net (Jack Antonio)
Date: Sun, 01 Mar 2009 13:09:07 -0800
Subject: [Milsurplus] AN/ARA-8  Homing Adapter
Message-ID: <49AAF973.4050707@sbcglobal.net>

Hi all

Last few weeks, when I can find the time, I've been putting together
an AN/ARA-8 VHF homing adapter.  This was a system that used two
antennas straddling the center line of the aircraft, tied together
with a phasing harness, and using a motorized coaxial switch to
swich between two feedpoints. If the aircraft was pointed directly
at a transmitting station, the pilot heard a steady tone, if the
station is off to the left, the pilot hears a morse D. If off to the 
right the pilot hears a morse U. It utilizes the aircraft's comm radio
as the receiver, with another coax relay to select between the comm
antenna, and the adapter.

Put it all together for the first time today, and given the
crowded nature of the workshop, and all the reflections
from all the jun...   er, test equipment, it actually seems to work!
(Cheating a little, I'm using a BC-639 as the receiver, until I
can get the SCR-522 put together).

Some questions though, for the group, looking for information.

1.  In doing some research, I have found references to the use of
this system by Pacific Theater P-51 Mustangs, and have even seen
at least one photo of a P-51 with the dual antennas on the dorsal
spine.  The question is, would it be safe to assume that the
AN/ARA-8 was deployed more with an AN/ARC-3 than with an SCR-522?

2. The manuals I have show the installation of the system with
both an SCR-522, and AN/ARC-3. I know that it was also employed
with the AN/ARC-1. Does anyone have any documentation showing the
AN/ARC-1 installation?

3.  The antennas specified in the WWII manuals I have are the
AS-148/ARA-8. This is a wooden blade antenna, but is very different
from the AN-104.  Were there any other antennas ever specified for
AN/ARA-8? Jerry Proc's website lists the system as being installed
on the Canadian Argus patrol aircraft, and a Google search has
a reference to the system being installed on an F-80, but so
far I've had no luck accessing that site. So I'm wondering if
anyone has any documentation on installation of any other type
of aircraft.

Thanks

Jack Antonio WA7DIA


From robandpj at earthlink.net  Sun Mar  1 22:13:58 2009
From: robandpj at earthlink.net (Robert Flory)
Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2009 22:13:58 -0500
Subject: [Milsurplus] Across the Pond
Message-ID: <410-220093123135878@earthlink.net>

Hello,

I got a QSL card a while back from Herman PA3AWN that had a picture of him tinkering with his military radios.  I started some correspondence with him and alerted him to OMRN on 3570kc Sunday nights.

He reported hearing some sigs from time to time.

This evening after the net, he called me with his GRC-9 and RA1 amplifier at 120W.  I'm not familiar with the amplifier.  I know WF2U runs one called an LV80 with his GRC-9.  

Copy was QRK 4, QSA 4 on my end.  I was running Navy TCK and RBB.  If not for the QRN, it would have been solid copy.

Ted W3PWW reported hearing Herman also.

Nice QSO!

73, Rob K2WI

From wf2u at ws19ops.com  Mon Mar  2 09:04:21 2009
From: wf2u at ws19ops.com (Meir WF2U)
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 09:04:21 -0500
Subject: [Milsurplus] [MRCA] Across the Pond
In-Reply-To: <410-220093123135878@earthlink.net>
References: <410-220093123135878@earthlink.net>
Message-ID: <BFD9C8D00FD4487F8E6882EC0403C2BF@MBDCONSULTING.LOCAL>

Rob,

Nice to hear about Europeans hearing us and replying with vintage equipment.

I didn't get on the OMRN net last night, we had a blizzard (we have still
about 4" on the ground after the wind blew a lot away...) and I just felt
cozier staying in the house, rather than going to the unheated shack in
arctic gear ;-)

Anyway, the RA1 amp is almost identical to the LV80 amp. If I recall, the
Belgian Army used that variant. I think the only difference is that the LV80
antenna output connector is TNC while the RA1 has either BNC or terminals
like the GRC-9 for a "doublet" I don't remember which.
I might have also heard Herman from here.
This reminds me that I haven't had the GRC-9/LV80 on since late last spring,
time to blow off the dust from it and fire it up again.

73, Meir WF2U
Landrum, SC

-----Original Message-----
From: mrca-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:mrca-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On
Behalf Of Robert Flory
Sent: Sunday, March 01, 2009 10:14 PM
To: Herman Roenhorst; milsurplus; mrca at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [MRCA] Across the Pond

Hello,

I got a QSL card a while back from Herman PA3AWN that had a picture of him
tinkering with his military radios.  I started some correspondence with him
and alerted him to OMRN on 3570kc Sunday nights.

He reported hearing some sigs from time to time.

This evening after the net, he called me with his GRC-9 and RA1 amplifier at
120W.  I'm not familiar with the amplifier.  I know WF2U runs one called an
LV80 with his GRC-9.  

Copy was QRK 4, QSA 4 on my end.  I was running Navy TCK and RBB.  If not
for the QRN, it would have been solid copy.

Ted W3PWW reported hearing Herman also.

Nice QSO!

73, Rob K2WI


From yonglee at yonsei.ac.kr  Tue Mar  3 03:34:51 2009
From: yonglee at yonsei.ac.kr (Yong Surk Lee)
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 17:34:51 +0900 (KST)
Subject: [Milsurplus] Please identify this antenna.
Message-ID: <308895923.1236069291928.JavaMail.root@mail>

Hello;
     I found a tape antenna that looks similar to a PRC-77 short antenna
at a flea market here in Seoul, Korea.  It is a little bit wider than 
the PRC-77 antenna and is 107cm (42 inches) long with a BNC
male connector at its end. There is no any kind of marking on it.  The seller
said it came from a batch of military surplus from a US base.
Any idea what equipment this is for? Send me an email then I will reply
with a photo of it.
de HL1FB/WW6N

From spike.dennis at yahoo.com  Tue Mar  3 09:06:53 2009
From: spike.dennis at yahoo.com (Spike Dennis)
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 06:06:53 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Milsurplus] FS: Collins receivers for sale, 51J-4, R-390A, R-392.
Message-ID: <539368.74014.qm@web45709.mail.sp1.yahoo.com>

I got 4 Collins receivers to get rid of. Want $2000 for them all as a package deal. You all got first chance, if they don't go here then off to Ebay.
I WILL NOT ship, you gotta come get um.
?
Collins 51J-4 receiver with all three mechanical filters, dust cover, tools still inside, & original cabinet. It's working but may not be to spec. It was my main station receiver & now I just have no more room & need other equipment. 
?
R-390A, works, I used it in the shack until it was replaced by the above.
R-390A, bought it at a hamfest years ago, checked it & put it away, it works.
R-392, again, bought it years ago, checked it out, it worked so put it away..
?
Items located in central Missouri. NO phone calls please, email only.
KB0SFP


      


From TELEGRAPHER at att.net  Tue Mar  3 17:36:58 2009
From: TELEGRAPHER at att.net (TELEGRAPHER at att.net)
Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2009 22:36:58 +0000
Subject: [Milsurplus] Manuals FS
Message-ID: <030320092236.28392.49ADB10A0000560C00006EE822230706129B0A02D29B9B0EBFADBAB8AFBEADB9BAB4BAAB@att.net>

T.O. 12R1-2ARA25-1 Formerly 16-30ARA25-1, handbook of Operations Instructions Direction Finder Group AN/ARA-25.  1 June 1952, Rev. 1 May 1954--$10

T.O. 12P5-3SCR718-1, Formerly 16-40SCR718-2, handbook of Operating instructions for Radio Sets SCR-718-A, SCR-718-AM, SCR-718-B and SCR-718-C., 15 August 1945.  $12

T.O. 12R2-2AIC3-1, Formerly 16-30AIC3-2, Handbook of Operating Instructions Interphone Equipment AN/AIC-3, 1 March 1945.  $12

T.O. 12P6-2APS42-21, Formerly 16-30APS42-21, Handbook operating Instructions RADAD Set AN/APS-42A, 1 APril 1954.  $15

T.O. 12R2-2AIC10-1, Formerly 16-30AIC10-1, Handbook Operating Instructions Intercommunications Set AN/AIC-10, 16 April 1956.  $10

AN 16-30ARC27-2, handbook Operation Instructions Radio Sets AN/ARC-27 and AN/ARC-27A, 1 July 1954.  $15

T.O. 12R5-2ARN12-1, Handbook Operating instructions Marker beacon Receiving Set AN/ARN-12, 2 April 1956.  Something has been eating on this one so it's a freebie.

T.O. No. 16-30FRT6-5 or 31R2-2FRT6-1, Handbook Operation and Service Instructions with parts list  Radio Transmitting Set AN/FRT-6.  23 June 1952.  $20

T.O. 31W-3-5, ARMY TM 11-679, Fundamentals of Carrier and Repeater, 7 Dec. 1953  $15

AN 16-30ARC2-13, Handbook of Overhaul Instructions Radio Sets AN/ARC-2 and AN/ARC-2A (Collins) 15 June 1954.  Moth's or something eating on this one also but only on the inside where the guide holes are so no data lost.  $20

AN/16-30ARC2-21, Handbook of Operation Instructions for Radio Sets AN/ARC-2 and An/ARC-2A.  15 May 1954.  $10

NAVAER 16-30ARC2-501, Parts list Radio Sets AN/ARC-2 and AN/ARC-2A.  15 July 1954.  344 pages.  $23

All the above are in Blue binders two of which state "USAF Publications".  Binders are an additional $5 if you want them. 

Postage is extra.  Buy more than one and i'll combine your shipping!.

Larry
W0OGH


From spike.dennis at yahoo.com  Tue Mar  3 17:40:21 2009
From: spike.dennis at yahoo.com (Spike Dennis)
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 14:40:21 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Milsurplus] FS: TRQ-30 Military Intelligence HF/VHF Field DF radio
	system
Message-ID: <354673.88760.qm@web45713.mail.sp1.yahoo.com>

I found a radio that I want bad so I'm selling off some equipment to raise the funds. Soon as the funds are raised all further sales are off.

Set includes everything! Both miniature solid state receivers(R-1218/UR HF & R-1518/UR VHF), all DF loop antennas & transit bags, all cables & canvas bags, tripod, even the tape recorder bubble level & compass. Everything works, $1300 & shipping that's what the last receivers I saw brought untested & without any of the rest of the set not even a power cord. This set saw service with the 501st Military Intelligence.

http://www.tpub.com/content/radiosets/TM-32-5895-206-10/TM-32-5895-206-100036.htm

If your not seriously interested please do not respond. Email only, no phone calls.

Thanks
KB0SFP


      


From rickb at tx.rr.com  Tue Mar  3 17:40:33 2009
From: rickb at tx.rr.com (Rick)
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 16:40:33 -0600
Subject: [Milsurplus] ART-13
Message-ID: <7A268893D9DD41D2BDB425BF049242C5@main>

Is T-47A/ART-13 a legitimate nomenclature?

Thanks,
Rick/k5iar


From kk5f at earthlink.net  Tue Mar  3 18:14:25 2009
From: kk5f at earthlink.net (Mike Morrow)
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 17:14:25 -0600 (GMT-06:00)
Subject: [Milsurplus] ART-13
Message-ID: <33531159.1236122065456.JavaMail.root@elwamui-milano.atl.sa.earthlink.net>

>Is T-47A/ART-13 a legitimate nomenclature?

Very much so.  It is the USAAF's improved version of the Collins
auto-tune ATC transmitter.  The various nomenclatures run as follows.

ATC           -   USN.    Transmitter, made by Collins.

ATC-1         -   USN.    Transmitter, but IIRC, made by another outfit.

T-47/ART-13   -   USN.    Transmitter, same as ATC but with JAN nomenclature.
                          When matched with AN/ARR-15, becomes part of AN/ARC-25.

T-47A/ART-13  -   USAAF.  Improved T-47 for USAAF service (AN/ART-13A)
                          Used with BC-348 (AN/ARR-11) to make AN/ARC-8.
                          Most not made by Collins.  Principle improvements are:
                          (1) VFO (Dial B) vernier scale allows frequency setting
                              at 1 kHz intervals all through frequency range.
                          (2) Top lid dynamotor control power cut-off interlock.

T-47A/ART-13  -   USAAF.  CDA-T oscillator unit installed to allow 20 MF/HF and
w/ CDA-T                  4 LF/MF crystal-controlled channels.  (Early AN/ART-13B)

T-412/ART-13B -   USAAF.  Same as above, but with MF frequency extension switch
                          to allow operation down to 1.67 MHz.  (Later AN/ART-13B)

17H-2         -   Collins commercial model (same as T-47).

My favorite version is the T-47A/ART-13.

Mike / KK5F

From WA5CAB at cs.com  Tue Mar  3 18:20:08 2009
From: WA5CAB at cs.com (WA5CAB at cs.com)
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 18:20:08 EST
Subject: [Milsurplus] ART-13
Message-ID: <d15.416c1bf5.36df1528@cs.com>

Yes.  The "fine print" (not always accurately followed) in the nomenclature 
system says to do it this way, rather than T-47A/ART-13A.  But if the component 
number is changed, it's done the other way, as in T-412/ART-13B.  As another 
example, SG-85C/URM-25D is a component of AN/URM-25J.  You would have to look 
at a progression of all of the AN/URM-25 family in order to understand how it 
came about.

In a message dated 3/3/2009 4:40:35 PM Central Standard Time, rickb at tx.rr.com 
writes: 
> Is T-47A/ART-13 a legitimate nomenclature?
> 
> Thanks,
> Rick/k5iar
> 

Robert Downs - Houston
wa5cab dot com (Web Store)
MVPA 9480

From kk7iz at cox.net  Tue Mar  3 18:21:54 2009
From: kk7iz at cox.net (Lloyd KK7IZ)
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 16:21:54 -0700
Subject: [Milsurplus] ART-13
References: <d15.416c1bf5.36df1528@cs.com>
Message-ID: <6FCD52EAE8F042F7903B24CF4F0813E2@userlvnwsus9dr>

They did this to confuse the enemy. We have met the enemy and they is us.
Thanx
Lloyd  KK7IZ
kk7iz at cox.net


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <WA5CAB at cs.com>
To: <rickb at tx.rr.com>; <Milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 4:20 PM
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] ART-13


> Yes.  The "fine print" (not always accurately followed) in the 
> nomenclature
> system says to do it this way, rather than T-47A/ART-13A.  But if the 
> component
> number is changed, it's done the other way, as in T-412/ART-13B.  As 
> another
> example, SG-85C/URM-25D is a component of AN/URM-25J.  You would have to 
> look
> at a progression of all of the AN/URM-25 family in order to understand how 
> it
> came about.
>
> In a message dated 3/3/2009 4:40:35 PM Central Standard Time, 
> rickb at tx.rr.com
> writes:
>> Is T-47A/ART-13 a legitimate nomenclature?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Rick/k5iar
>>
>
> Robert Downs - Houston
> wa5cab dot com (Web Store)
> MVPA 9480
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From WA5CAB at cs.com  Tue Mar  3 18:34:50 2009
From: WA5CAB at cs.com (WA5CAB at cs.com)
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 18:34:50 EST
Subject: [Milsurplus] ART-13
Message-ID: <d4d.3e1b0be5.36df189a@cs.com>

Well, could be.  Pogo was usually right.

However, there was another part of the rules having to do with 
interoperability of the modified component with other components of the earlier version set. 
 

In a message dated 3/3/2009 5:22:31 PM Central Standard Time, kk7iz at cox.net 
writes: 
> 
> They did this to confuse the enemy. We have met the enemy and they is us.
> Thanx
> Lloyd  KK7IZ
> kk7iz at cox.net
> 

Robert Downs - Houston
wa5cab dot com (Web Store)
MVPA 9480

From rickb at tx.rr.com  Tue Mar  3 19:58:37 2009
From: rickb at tx.rr.com (Rick)
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 18:58:37 -0600
Subject: [Milsurplus] ART-13
In-Reply-To: <d15.416c1bf5.36df1528@cs.com>
References: <d15.416c1bf5.36df1528@cs.com>
Message-ID: <7C9DEF66731445D99AE8C3CDD2D91A99@main>

Thanks Robert. I just wanted to be sure. I could write a couple of books
on what I "don't" know about such things. Thank goodness for this list
and guys like yourself who do know.

 

rick

 

  _____  

From: WA5CAB at cs.com [mailto:WA5CAB at cs.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 5:20 PM
To: rickb at tx.rr.com; Milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] ART-13

 

Yes.  The "fine print" (not always accurately followed) in the
nomenclature system says to do it this way, rather than T-47A/ART-13A.
But if the component number is changed, it's done the other way, as in
T-412/ART-13B.  As another example, SG-85C/URM-25D is a component of
AN/URM-25J.  You would have to look at a progression of all of the
AN/URM-25 family in order to understand how it came about.




From rickb at tx.rr.com  Tue Mar  3 20:00:55 2009
From: rickb at tx.rr.com (Rick)
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 19:00:55 -0600
Subject: [Milsurplus] ART-13
In-Reply-To: <33531159.1236122065456.JavaMail.root@elwamui-milano.atl.sa.earthlink.net>
References: <33531159.1236122065456.JavaMail.root@elwamui-milano.atl.sa.earthlink.net>
Message-ID: <E64B568CD11541CFB815A76731041D21@main>

Thanks Mike! You guys are a plethora of information.

rick

-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Morrow [mailto:kk5f at earthlink.net] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 5:14 PM
To: Rick
Cc: milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] ART-13

>Is T-47A/ART-13 a legitimate nomenclature?

Very much so.  It is the USAAF's improved version of the Collins
auto-tune ATC transmitter.  The various nomenclatures run as follows.

ATC           -   USN.    Transmitter, made by Collins.

ATC-1         -   USN.    Transmitter, but IIRC, made by another outfit.

T-47/ART-13   -   USN.    Transmitter, same as ATC but with JAN
nomenclature.
                          When matched with AN/ARR-15, becomes part of
AN/ARC-25.

T-47A/ART-13  -   USAAF.  Improved T-47 for USAAF service (AN/ART-13A)
                          Used with BC-348 (AN/ARR-11) to make AN/ARC-8.
                          Most not made by Collins.  Principle
improvements are:
                          (1) VFO (Dial B) vernier scale allows
frequency setting
                              at 1 kHz intervals all through frequency
range.
                          (2) Top lid dynamotor control power cut-off
interlock.

T-47A/ART-13  -   USAAF.  CDA-T oscillator unit installed to allow 20
MF/HF and
w/ CDA-T                  4 LF/MF crystal-controlled channels.  (Early
AN/ART-13B)

T-412/ART-13B -   USAAF.  Same as above, but with MF frequency extension
switch
                          to allow operation down to 1.67 MHz.  (Later
AN/ART-13B)

17H-2         -   Collins commercial model (same as T-47).

My favorite version is the T-47A/ART-13.

Mike / KK5F




From radio at telus.net  Tue Mar  3 22:16:55 2009
From: radio at telus.net (Bruce MacMillan)
Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2009 19:16:55 -0800
Subject: [Milsurplus] Hammarlund SP600 JX
Message-ID: <49ADF2A7.8010807@telus.net>

I recently acquired a SP600JX and am busily repairing some issues with 
it. I know certain vintages had the Sprague BBOD capacitors. This unit 
has had them all replaced but one and it was split from end to end.
It has other tubular caps in the turret and other rf/if areas but I 
don't recognize them. There's a photo at:
http://picasaweb.google.com/BruceM001/Sp600Cap#5309163181245989778

Do these need to be shotgunned or can I leave them?

Bruce   ve7mt

From arc5 at ix.netcom.com  Sun Mar  1 07:00:30 2009
From: arc5 at ix.netcom.com (David Stinson)
Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2009 06:00:30 -0600
Subject: [Milsurplus] Paul Harvey Passes Away
Message-ID: <04C30B55F8D045C9BEAB45515A524DF9@boudreaux>

 Alas- more sand through the hourglass.
The world becomes more and more an alien place-
no John Wayne, no Merrell Lynch, no Paul Harvey.
Our Hank Reardens pass away,
leaving us with only Wesley Moochs.

CHICAGO - Paul Harvey, the news commentator and talk-radio pioneer whose 
staccato style made him one of the nation's most familiar voices, died 
Saturday in Arizona, according to ABC Radio Networks. He was 90.
Harvey died surrounded by family at a hospital in Phoenix, where he had a 
winter home, said Louis Adams, a spokesman for ABC Radio Networks, where 
Harvey worked for more than 50 years. No cause of death was immediately 
available.
Harvey had been forced off the air for several months in 2001 because of a 
virus that weakened a vocal cord. But he returned to work in Chicago and was 
still active as he passed his 90th birthday. His death comes less than a 
year after that of his wife and longtime producer, Lynne.
"My father and mother created from thin air what one day became radio and 
television news," Paul Harvey Jr. said in a statement. "So in the past year, 
an industry has lost its godparents and today millions have lost a friend." 


From WA5CAB at cs.com  Wed Mar  4 00:51:49 2009
From: WA5CAB at cs.com (WA5CAB at cs.com)
Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2009 00:51:49 EST
Subject: [Milsurplus] HFDFing U Boats
Message-ID: <bcc.483908f7.36df70f5@cs.com>

OK.  So where's the petrol?  All that I see is an earlier post copied forward 
with no comments.  Did you accidentally use benzene instead?

In a message dated 3/3/2009 9:33:07 PM Central Standard Time, 
asmagal at fc.up.pt writes: 
> With my compliments, here is a pint of petrol that I am pooring
> into the discussion fire.
> 
> Best 73
> Antonio/CT1TE
> 
> Quoting boeing377 at aol.com:
> 
> >My ex's father commanded a US Navy HFDF station in Natal Brazil   
> >during WW 2. He?said they had good success in taking bearings on U   
> >Boats that would surface to communicate. The bearings were   
> >approximate but gave enough info for aircraft and surface craft to   
> >search for and sometimes find and sink U Boats in the area. I had no  
> >  idea that there was sea combat around Brazil in WW 2 but I read up   
> >on it and there was due to the large amounts of strategic raw   
> >materials shipped out from there.
> >
> >AF6IM
> 

Robert & Susan Downs - Houston
wa5cab dot com (Web Store)
MVPA 9480

From Military1944 at aol.com  Wed Mar  4 06:27:12 2009
From: Military1944 at aol.com (Military1944 at aol.com)
Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2009 06:27:12 EST
Subject: [Milsurplus] FS: TRQ-30 Military Intelligence HF/VHF Field DF
	radio system
Message-ID: <d62.2d598b03.36dfbf90@aol.com>

 
In a message dated 03/03/2009 22:40:45 GMT Standard Time,  
spike.dennis at yahoo.com writes:

If your  not seriously interested please do not respond


-----------------
 
OK

From smithab11 at comcast.net  Wed Mar  4 10:10:45 2009
From: smithab11 at comcast.net (B. Smith)
Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2009 10:10:45 -0500
Subject: [Milsurplus] 5 pin tube bases needed
Message-ID: <003501c99cdb$64d3e8f0$271cc847@BCXHTR8HVC4P>

Needed for HBR receiver project,
five(5) pin tube bases or dud 807 tubes.

73
breck k4che


From bl_6000 at yahoo.com.au  Wed Mar  4 14:31:18 2009
From: bl_6000 at yahoo.com.au (Brad Latta)
Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2009 11:31:18 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Milsurplus] 618S
Message-ID: <794529.26374.qm@web38004.mail.mud.yahoo.com>


I have two 618S-AI aircraft sets.I am wondering whether this set was used for military aircraft. The nomenclature is 618S-1A, what is the -1A mean? Also this set has a PTO, rather than banks of crystals, & one of them has been modified for SSB, I can see the SSB filter & the miniature pencil tubes (complete with shields) used in the SSB modules. Hopefully they will be easy to get on air!
                       Regards, Brad


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From rafantini at salisbury.edu  Wed Mar  4 15:45:29 2009
From: rafantini at salisbury.edu (Ray Fantini)
Date: Wed, 04 Mar 2009 15:45:29 -0500
Subject: [Milsurplus] 618S
In-Reply-To: <794529.26374.qm@web38004.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
References: <794529.26374.qm@web38004.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <49AEA269.9A7D.0031.0@salisbury.edu>

The 618S1 was a crystal only radio, or at least that's all I know. the ARC-38 replaced the 618S and used the stablelised master oscillator deck along with a spectrum generator and one other different module and I think all ARC-38 were converted to ARC-38A SSB sets with different IF, SMO and other mods. everyone will disagree with me in that all the ARC-38 modules were stamped with modified for SSB but the audio, PA deck, variable IF/driver deck are all the same for the 618S, ARC-38 and ARC-38A. oddly the 618S cassie is way different underneath then the ARC-38A, I have not seen or know of a straight ARC-38 and would wonder what the wiring was for the non A version. I have a 618S1/4 that's been on the air for a couple years now and use it on 3.885, 7.290 and 14.236 with no issues but did spend a year getting the servo systems to work properly. they were used on USAF cargo, transport and some navy aircraft. not a popular radio but it was the first fully automatic, real autotune radio placed in service and has real plate modulated AM not like that wimpy AME stuff everything afterward used. you can see my 618S1/4 on my web page at www.ka3ekh.net 

Ray Fantini


From scr287 at sbcglobal.net  Wed Mar  4 17:12:37 2009
From: scr287 at sbcglobal.net (Jack Antonio)
Date: Wed, 04 Mar 2009 14:12:37 -0800
Subject: [Milsurplus] 618S
In-Reply-To: <49AEA269.9A7D.0031.0@salisbury.edu>
References: <794529.26374.qm@web38004.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
	<49AEA269.9A7D.0031.0@salisbury.edu>
Message-ID: <49AEFCD5.9090805@sbcglobal.net>

Ray Fantini wrote: and I think all ARC-38 were converted to ARC-38A SSB




Not all of the AN/ARC-38 radios were converted to SSB.

The AM version is the RT-311/ARC-38, after conversion it
was renamed the RT-594/ARC-38A. Fair Radio had both in
their catalog for years, and ran out of the RT-311 about
4 or 5 years ago.  I know, I bought an RT-311 from them, and
wanted to buy another about 6 months later (for spares) and
they were out, did I get the last one?

The really difficult item to find is the original RT-1398/ARC-38
control head. As I remember, Fair only had them in their catalog
for a short period of time, but seemed to have the SSB version of
the head(IIRC, the C-3428/ARC-38A) forever.

And yes, I'm still looking for an original C-1398/ARC-38 head for my radio.

The SSB head is usable with the AM radio, the frequency selection
and basic on/off functions work, but the mode switching is a bit off.
Works ok for basic AM however. It should be possible to rewire
the SSB head back to the AM configuration, but I haven't got to
that point yet.

I've had my RT-311 on the air, it was a bit stubborn about
locking up on some frequencies, but when it did lock up, it
worked fine.

Jack Antonio WA7DIA
scr287 at sbcglobal.net






From kk5f at earthlink.net  Wed Mar  4 19:13:26 2009
From: kk5f at earthlink.net (Mike Morrow)
Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2009 18:13:26 -0600 (GMT-06:00)
Subject: [Milsurplus] 618S
Message-ID: <24696799.1236212006741.JavaMail.root@mswamui-blood.atl.sa.earthlink.net>

>The 618S1 was a crystal only radio, or at least that's all I know. the ARC-38 
>replaced the 618S

The Collins 618S-1 was used by the USAF, and usually a "U.S." and a USAF-style
contract/order number "AF 33(600) xxxxxx" will be found on the name plate.

The Collins AN/ARC-38 was not a replacement for the 618S-1.  The AN/ARC-38 was the
USN set that replaced the USN AN/ARC-25 (combo of the AN/ARR-15 and AN/ART-13).

The USAF did not use the AN/ARC-38 unless it just happened to be in an aircraft
that had formerly been a USN aircraft.  Similarly, the USN did not use the 618S-1.
One can not be said to be a replacement for the other.

There are a lot more RT-594/ARC-38A sets out there.  These are USB-capable units
which RCA modified from the original RT-311 units in the very early 1960s.
As Jack mentioned, RT-311/ARC-38 units were easily available ten years ago.  I
bought mine at the Fair Radio warehouse during Dayton Hamvention 2002, even
though it was no longer in the catalog.  It helps to be able to paw through the
unadvertised stock!  I like its "purity" over the "Frankenstein" RT-594 USB mod. 

There is a version of the 618S-1 called the 618S-1/MC that was both tunable and
USB capable.  The USAF T.O. number is 12R2-4-6-32, dated 31MAY62, by RCA!  So
this version appears to be a USAF close equivalent to the USN AN/ARC-38A, with
RCA USB modifications, and with at least one important difference:  Its control
box CPC-1 was much smaller than AN/ARC-38 and 38A controls (no channel memory
feature), plus it allowed DIRECT numerical frequency input (no code book needed
to set cryptic code wheels).  I don't know if these were modified older 618S-1
units.  It takes a lot of work to transform a crystal-controlled AM set to a
tunable USB set.  At least the RT-594/ARC-38A was built from an RT-311 unit that
was already tunable.

There isn't any version called the 618S1-4, but there is a 618S-4.  I'm not sure
how it differed from the 618S-1.

I missed another Collins goody that Fair sold for years, the RT-380/AR.  This
is the USAF version of the 18S-4.  It was part of the AN/ARC-59.

Mike / KK5F

From WA5CAB at cs.com  Wed Mar  4 20:24:23 2009
From: WA5CAB at cs.com (WA5CAB at cs.com)
Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2009 20:24:23 EST
Subject: [Milsurplus] 618S
Message-ID: <c9f.48246fa7.36e083c7@cs.com>

According to the Collins instruction book (I've never had either radio), the 
only difference is that the 250 KC IF amp in the 618S-4 has squelch and 
selcal.  The 618S-1 does not.

In a message dated 3/4/2009 6:13:39 PM Central Standard Time, 
kk5f at earthlink.net writes: 
> There isn't any version called the 618S1-4, but there is a 618S-4.  I'm not 
> sure
> how it differed from the 618S-1.

Robert & Susan Downs - Houston
wa5cab dot com (Web Store)
MVPA 9480

From bl_6000 at yahoo.com.au  Wed Mar  4 20:45:15 2009
From: bl_6000 at yahoo.com.au (Brad Latta)
Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2009 17:45:15 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Milsurplus] DAK-3
Message-ID: <606625.79102.qm@web38008.mail.mud.yahoo.com>


Sure wished I lived near Massachusetts, I go & pick up the best item I've seen so far. 370166819078

                                Brad




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From jupete at bigpond.net.au  Wed Mar  4 20:45:57 2009
From: jupete at bigpond.net.au (Pete Williams)
Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2009 12:45:57 +1100
Subject: [Milsurplus] TECH, MANUAL  for sale------ 618S-1/MC
Message-ID: <EC7BCBA1E6334550A90FF4F1294DA8E2@redooffice>

FOR the Radio Set 618S-1/MC
T.O. 12R2-4-6-32  May 1962  Changed  19 March 1965.
Original manual GC 3 hole punched .
$25 plus shipping.

Pete VK3IZ
jupete at bigpond.net.au


From jupete at bigpond.net.au  Wed Mar  4 22:32:05 2009
From: jupete at bigpond.net.au (Pete Williams)
Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2009 14:32:05 +1100
Subject: [Milsurplus] RE 618S-1/MC  manual.
Message-ID: <A6B48E9062C54692BDEC6CEB6E526B96@redooffice>


COME AGAIN  !Someone from Hawaii asked me for cost of posting..... I've just
come back from lunch and the email's gone from the inbox---not  anywhere to
be found.
Pse repeat,,,Postage cost to Hawaii for the manual  will be $22 air. $16
surface.


Let's know --- again 
Pete VK3IZ


From arc5 at ix.netcom.com  Thu Mar  5 07:42:33 2009
From: arc5 at ix.netcom.com (David Stinson)
Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2009 06:42:33 -0600
Subject: [Milsurplus] My 100 Watt BC-611
Message-ID: <7E897602A8AA4D1BB92725384197C9C5@boudreaux>

Most of you know I've been working on ways to run mil transmitters 
on low B+, and also a means to use some of my very-QRP 
"ferry radios" on the air.  I got that external amp operational
and thought you'd like to see a couple of photos of the first 
on-the-air test, which used a BC-611 for drive and delivered 
100W PEP on 3885 KC.  611 audio sounds like talking into 
a tin can (because you *are* :-), but that's OK for a first demo.
I"ve added another PTT switch since the "face" photo and am working
on an automatic RF-sensing circuit to do the switching.  
 I'm writing the effort up for a mag article as part of the 
"Shockless Boatanchoring" series, but thought you'd like
a preview:

http://home.netcom.com/~arc5/100W611/100W611C.JPG
http://home.netcom.com/~arc5/100W611/100w611a.JPG
http://home.netcom.com/~arc5/100W611/100W611.JPG

Someone here was also working on one of these and provided
an answer to a big question that "turned the key in the lock,"
but I can't find the email to thank him!  If that was you, please
speak up so I can credit you in the writing.  Thanks.

73 Dave AB5S.


From rafantini at salisbury.edu  Thu Mar  5 10:18:35 2009
From: rafantini at salisbury.edu (Ray Fantini)
Date: Thu, 05 Mar 2009 10:18:35 -0500
Subject: [Milsurplus] 618S
In-Reply-To: <49AEFCD5.9090805@sbcglobal.net>
References: <794529.26374.qm@web38004.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
	<49AEA269.9A7D.0031.0@salisbury.edu> <49AEFCD5.9090805@sbcglobal.net>
Message-ID: <49AFA6FB.9A7D.0031.0@salisbury.edu>

I bought the 618S1 that I have at Fair radio about four years ago. They have many items in the back warehouse that are not listed in their catalog and have to wonder if they know what they have back their. at the time their were several ARC-38A sets in different condition, couple complete and several parts units. think I bought the last complete 618S but know their are at least couple 38A sets their. I did find a 618S1 in a different part of the backroom last year that appeared complete but it had the "modified for SSB" statement across the front of the case so have no idea why it had a 618S tag and the SSB statement. myself almost always use AM for HF operation and have newer and way better sets for SSB so have no interest in a SSB version. they also have several of the 38A control heads, I was using a 38A head with the 618S for a while and just ignoring all the frequency setting stuff. You can pull the stick on label off the 38A head mode control ant it becomes a 38 head. think that may be the only difference. of course the wiring and connecters are different but the components values and function are the same. removing the sticker from the 38A head I have reveled AM and AM narrow mode. 
Ray Fantini



From kb1fqg at yahoo.com  Thu Mar  5 12:14:12 2009
From: kb1fqg at yahoo.com (John Flood)
Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2009 09:14:12 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Milsurplus] DAK-3
References: <606625.79102.qm@web38008.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <604595.38036.qm@web84105.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

That is just down the road from me.? I saw it recently as I know the seller.? Someone buy it and let me "take care" of it at my house.? I'll pick it up for ya and save you the freight.? I'm here to help you!

John Flood
KB1FQG



----- Original Message ----
> From: Brad Latta <bl_6000 at yahoo.com.au>
> To: milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
> Sent: Wednesday, March 4, 2009 8:45:15 PM
> Subject: [Milsurplus] DAK-3
> 
> 
> Sure wished I lived near Massachusetts, I go & pick up the best item I've seen 
> so far. 370166819078
> 
> ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Brad
> 
> 
> 
> 
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From radioman390 at cs.com  Thu Mar  5 12:53:14 2009
From: radioman390 at cs.com (radioman390 at cs.com)
Date: Thu, 05 Mar 2009 12:53:14 -0500
Subject: [Milsurplus] EBay to hold money 21 days!
Message-ID: <8CB6BD26485D747-28C-366@mblk-d38.sysops.aol.com>

I just listed an item on EBay, and there was a new section advising me that any funds received from a buyer

could/would be held for 21 days if processed by Paypal.



The exception would be if a positive feedback was received, OR EBay got
proof of delivery. Of course since they only allow USPS or UPS

tracking, it forces me into dropping FedEx ground which is better than UPS by far.



There are a few other ways to get money sooner, but I can't meet the requirements



for example I must have received 20 or more detailed seller ratings (I'm up to 13, even though I have a 900+ 

positive rating of 100%, because most people ignore the stupid 5-star part of the Feedback report)..



They've put so many obstacles in the way, that I can only surmise that this is being done to

1) collect interest on our money

2) they're in financial trouble, or see it coming



Is this an effort to get rid of us casual sellers? EBay is really after the Amazon market, IMHO.



I have a few shares of Ebay; for me it's time to dump them. They've lost their way.



Where is Google's Auction? ________________________________________________________________________
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From n7rk at cox.net  Thu Mar  5 13:05:21 2009
From: n7rk at cox.net (David Hollander)
Date: Thu, 05 Mar 2009 11:05:21 -0700
Subject: [Milsurplus] EBay to hold money 21 days!
In-Reply-To: <8CB6BD26485D747-28C-366@mblk-d38.sysops.aol.com>
References: <8CB6BD26485D747-28C-366@mblk-d38.sysops.aol.com>
Message-ID: <49B01461.7000807@cox.net>

These ridiculous draconian policies went into effect last year.

If you list your item under collectibles such as in antique radio or 
military stuff and you won't have the stupid and probably illegal 21 day 
hold. Ham radio equipment is lumped in with cell phones and Ipods which 
why their is the 21 day hold.

If someone is searching for what you have for sale, it will show up in 
the search results regardless of the category it is in.

Ebay has been going down the toilet for a year which was when they got 
their new idiot CEO John Donahoe who publicly called small sellers 
"Noise". He is pushing through is ridiculous policies come hell or high 
water and the results are showing and it's not just because of the 
economy. Look at the stock and read the Yahoo message board.

73,

Dave N7RK
-- 
***********************************************************
Dave  N7RK          Boatanchors Home Page: http://members.cox.net/n7rk
Phoenix, Arizona         *DXCC Honor Roll*    *WAZ#22 - 75 Meter SSB*

ex-XE2/N7RK, N7RK/ZB2, VK2ERK, ZM0AJN, WB6NRK, WN6IWX

Boatanchor and Antique Radio Collector


From spike.dennis at yahoo.com  Thu Mar  5 13:22:29 2009
From: spike.dennis at yahoo.com (Spike Dennis)
Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2009 10:22:29 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Milsurplus] EBay to hold money 21 days!
In-Reply-To: <8CB6BD26485D747-28C-366@mblk-d38.sysops.aol.com>
References: <8CB6BD26485D747-28C-366@mblk-d38.sysops.aol.com>
Message-ID: <642104.38732.qm@web45709.mail.sp1.yahoo.com>


They are doing it for two reasons:
#1, both PayPal & Ebay are a crooked as you can get, yet the have a retainer people smart enough to keep them out of Jail!
#2, people are getting very tired of getting ripped off via their Ebay purchases because, lets face it, crooks attact more crooks. As a result there is a extreme amount of credit card "charge backs" taking place. Paypal does not eat that charge back, they pass it on to you. I had a charge back once from a guy in France that took place a month after the sale. Seems he used his wife's credit card, he forgot to tell her, she contest it with the credit card company, there went $483 from my bank account & there was nothing I could do about!
#3, My FB is well over 2100, yet there has only been 35 star ratings. It's just more BS to make Ebay seems as though they are trying to be fair.

Did I say 2 reasons? well tuff, here's some more:
#4, yes, there is in progress an effort to thin out the casual sellers. Ebay is gearing towards an Amazon.com type selling format.
I could go on but I'll spare you.

If it's ham, or radio oriented, put it here, or QRZ, or QTH, or eHam, use Ebay only as a last resort. BTW, I was once an Ebay Power Seller myself. Today I'd rather take a beating than put an item on there.

Indeed ?"They've lost their way". 

KB0SFP



----- Original Message ----
From: "radioman390 at cs.com" <radioman390 at cs..com>
To: milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
Sent: Thursday, March 5, 2009 11:53:14 AM
Subject: [Milsurplus] EBay to hold money 21 days!

I just listed an item on EBay, and there was a new section advising me that any funds received from a buyer

could/would be held for 21 days if processed by Paypal.



The exception would be if a positive feedback was received, OR EBay got
proof of delivery. Of course since they only allow USPS or UPS

tracking, it forces me into dropping FedEx ground which is better than UPS by far.



There are a few other ways to get money sooner, but I can't meet the requirements



for example I must have received 20 or more detailed seller ratings (I'm up to 13, even though I have a 900+ 

positive rating of 100%, because most people ignore the stupid 5-star part of the Feedback report)..



They've put so many obstacles in the way, that I can only surmise that this is being done to

1) collect interest on our money

2) they're in financial trouble, or see it coming



Is this an effort to get rid of us casual sellers? EBay is really after the Amazon market, IMHO.



I have a few shares of Ebay; for me it's time to dump them. They've lost their way.



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From w1ksz at q.com  Thu Mar  5 13:53:22 2009
From: w1ksz at q.com (RICHARD SOLOMON)
Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2009 18:53:22 +0000
Subject: [Milsurplus] EBay to hold money 21 days!
In-Reply-To: <8CB6BD26485D747-28C-366@mblk-d38.sysops.aol.com>
References: <8CB6BD26485D747-28C-366@mblk-d38.sysops.aol.com>
Message-ID: <BAY130-W44778ACE95B8D1EF11F5A8E0A40@phx.gbl>


The key phrase here is ..."if a positive feedback was received"... .

If you don't receive PF, it is an indication to the e-Pay Robot

that something may be amiss.

 

I for one have no problem with this.

 

73, Dick, W1KSZ
 
> To: milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2009 12:53:14 -0500
> From: radioman390 at cs.com
> Subject: [Milsurplus] EBay to hold money 21 days!
> 
> I just listed an item on EBay, and there was a new section advising me that any funds received from a buyer
> 
> could/would be held for 21 days if processed by Paypal.
> 
> 
> 
> The exception would be if a positive feedback was received, OR EBay got
> proof of delivery. Of course since they only allow USPS or UPS
> 
> tracking, it forces me into dropping FedEx ground which is better than UPS by far.
> 
> 
> 
> There are a few other ways to get money sooner, but I can't meet the requirements
> 
> 
> 
> for example I must have received 20 or more detailed seller ratings (I'm up to 13, even though I have a 900+ 
> 
> positive rating of 100%, because most people ignore the stupid 5-star part of the Feedback report)..
> 
> 
> 
> They've put so many obstacles in the way, that I can only surmise that this is being done to
> 
> 1) collect interest on our money
> 
> 2) they're in financial trouble, or see it coming
> 
> 
> 
> Is this an effort to get rid of us casual sellers? EBay is really after the Amazon market, IMHO.
> 
> 
> 
> I have a few shares of Ebay; for me it's time to dump them. They've lost their way.
> 
> 
> 
> Where is Google's Auction? ________________________________________________________________________
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From rickb at tx.rr.com  Thu Mar  5 14:00:21 2009
From: rickb at tx.rr.com (Rick)
Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2009 13:00:21 -0600
Subject: [Milsurplus] EBay to hold money 21 days!
In-Reply-To: <BAY130-W44778ACE95B8D1EF11F5A8E0A40@phx.gbl>
References: <8CB6BD26485D747-28C-366@mblk-d38.sysops.aol.com>
	<BAY130-W44778ACE95B8D1EF11F5A8E0A40@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <24BA462E0E7847EBA6E2ED98C890F5D4@main>

Maybe I've just dodged this bullet, but I've been selling on eBay for a
few years and have never had any funds held for any reason. Granted, I
have 100% positive feedback so far, but I have only 12 of the start
ratings to my credit. Where can I find this notice, I've never seen it.

Rick/K5IAR


The key phrase here is ..."if a positive feedback was received"... .

If you don't receive PF, it is an indication to the e-Pay Robot

that something may be amiss.

 

I for one have no problem with this.

 

73, Dick, W1KSZ
 


From kk5f at earthlink.net  Thu Mar  5 19:45:08 2009
From: kk5f at earthlink.net (Mike Morrow)
Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2009 18:45:08 -0600 (GMT-06:00)
Subject: [Milsurplus] 618S
Message-ID: <30929214.1236300308731.JavaMail.root@mswamui-thinleaf.atl.sa.earthlink.net>

Ray wrote:

>I did find a 618S1 in a different part of the backroom last year that 
>appeared complete but it had the "modified for SSB" statement across
>the front of the case so have no idea why it had a 618S tag and the 
>SSB statement.

It may have been a USAF 618S-1/MC, which apparently RCA made from
older Collins 618S-1 units.  It was USB-capable and *and* utilized
direct frequency input VFO tuning.

>You can pull the stick on label off the 38A head mode control ant it
>becomes a 38 head. think that may be the only difference.

You can pull off the label, but that won't turn it back into the
C-1398/ARC-38 original.  There were some electrical modifications
made to the unit, including mode switch wafer contact arrangement 
modifications.

The AN/ARC-38A does not give a schematic of the AN/ARC-38A control box,
only a schematic of the original C-1398 box and a description of the
electrical and mechanical mods that are needed to adapt it to the RT-594.

Jack has reported in the recent past on the quirks of using the ARC-38A
box in place of the proper ARC-38 box for controlling the original
RT-311/ARC-38. 

Mike / KK5F

From kk7iz at cox.net  Fri Mar  6 14:15:11 2009
From: kk7iz at cox.net (Lloyd KK7IZ)
Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2009 12:15:11 -0700
Subject: [Milsurplus] MAD System
Message-ID: <D394271C4C6547DAB4191A8E560EF8F9@userlvnwsus9dr>

Friend of mine is cleaning out his warehouse and found 1 maybe 2 complete 
MAD (magnetic anomaly detection)
systems used for detecting submarines and carried in the P2V Neptune. A 
system consists of 12-14 big boxes of electronics.
Anyone interested I will put you in touch with him.
Ain't gonna be free because from what I saw will scrap out for more than a 
few bux.
Thanx
Lloyd  KK7IZ
kk7iz at cox.net



From ramcam at magma.ca  Fri Mar  6 16:39:00 2009
From: ramcam at magma.ca (Ralph Cameron)
Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2009 16:39:00 -0500
Subject: [Milsurplus] BC-348 grease
Message-ID: <D1E036AE66EA47148A19C508F22ECEED@CAMERON>

The manual for the BC-348 says to lubricate he dynamotor bearings with ,"Air 
Force soft grade 375 "grease.

Is there a modern equivalent or will any lithium based bearing greas serve 
the purpose?

Thanks

Ralph
VE3BBM 


From AAF-Radio-1 at aafradio.org  Fri Mar  6 17:05:18 2009
From: AAF-Radio-1 at aafradio.org (Mike Hanz)
Date: Fri, 06 Mar 2009 17:05:18 -0500
Subject: [Milsurplus] BC-348 grease
In-Reply-To: <D1E036AE66EA47148A19C508F22ECEED@CAMERON>
References: <D1E036AE66EA47148A19C508F22ECEED@CAMERON>
Message-ID: <49B19E1E.30209@aafradio.org>

Ralph Cameron wrote:

>The manual for the BC-348 says to lubricate he dynamotor bearings with ,"Air 
>Force soft grade 375 "grease.
>
>Is there a modern equivalent or will any lithium based bearing greas serve 
>the purpose?
>

Mobilith SHC-100 by Mobil

 - Mike  KC4TOS

From jcoward5452 at aol.com  Fri Mar  6 19:50:00 2009
From: jcoward5452 at aol.com (jcoward5452 at aol.com)
Date: Fri, 06 Mar 2009 19:50:00 -0500
Subject: [Milsurplus] BC-348 grease
In-Reply-To: <49B19E1E.30209@aafradio.org>
References: <D1E036AE66EA47148A19C508F22ECEED@CAMERON>
	<49B19E1E.30209@aafradio.org>
Message-ID: <8CB6CD5C713AB83-1280-1D59@MBLK-M10.sysops.aol.com>

Read all about it:


http://www.mobil.com/USA-English/Lubes/PDS/GLXXENGRSMOMobilith_SHC.asp


Jay KE6PPF

-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Hanz <AAF-Radio-1 at aafradio.org>
To: Ralph Cameron <ramcam at magma.ca>
Cc: milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
Sent: Fri, 6 Mar 2009 2:05 pm
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] BC-348 grease



Ralph Cameron wrote:

>The manual for the BC-348 says to lubricate he dynamotor bearings with 
,"Air
>Force soft grade 375 "grease.
>
>Is there a modern equivalent or will any lithium based bearing greas 
serve
>the purpose?
>

Mobilith SHC-100 by Mobil

 - Mike  KC4TOS
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From nick at 3rdtech.com  Fri Mar  6 22:19:40 2009
From: nick at 3rdtech.com (Nick England)
Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2009 22:19:40 -0500
Subject: [Milsurplus] Rob Flory's WWII Navy Radio web site back on the air -
	sort of
Message-ID: <ADA180A663CB44D9BA46F00EBBC57C8B@cs.unc.edu>

A year or so ago, Rob Flory's great WWII Navy Radio web site got clobbered 
by a server crash.
I have salvaged most of the text and a few photos and with his permission 
have re-posted it at -
http://www.virhistory.com/navy/flory/index.html

If you have any additions or copies of missing photos, please pass along to 
Rob or me.
cheers,
Nick K4NYW nick at virhistory.com
1950's-60's Navy Radio - www.virhistory.com/navy



From kk7iz at cox.net  Fri Mar  6 22:37:37 2009
From: kk7iz at cox.net (Lloyd KK7IZ)
Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2009 20:37:37 -0700
Subject: [Milsurplus] MAD systems
Message-ID: <06497EDD5AED4409851C64B60E451B3D@userlvnwsus9dr>

To each of you who responded, I will get a list of the components and 
pictures in about a week and contact each of you. The material is being 
turned over to me for disposal. I stopped the salvage operation before it 
started.
Thanx
Lloyd  KK7IZ
kk7iz at cox.net



From jcoward5452 at aol.com  Fri Mar  6 22:43:58 2009
From: jcoward5452 at aol.com (jcoward5452 at aol.com)
Date: Fri, 06 Mar 2009 22:43:58 -0500
Subject: [Milsurplus] BC-348 variant?
Message-ID: <8CB6CEE14E45243-98C-4F0@FWM-D28.sysops.aol.com>

Hi Folks,
 Saw this one on the auction block and maybe someone could illuminate:


  260368098224


What was this version for and what is the connector on the front panel 
for?

 Thanks,
            Jay KE6PPF

PS Looks like a  "Q" or similar to begin with.

From kk5f at earthlink.net  Fri Mar  6 23:01:02 2009
From: kk5f at earthlink.net (Mike Morrow)
Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2009 22:01:02 -0600 (GMT-06:00)
Subject: [Milsurplus] [ARC5] BC-348 variant?
Message-ID: <3951636.1236398463174.JavaMail.root@elwamui-chisos.atl.sa.earthlink.net>

> Saw this one on the auction block and maybe someone could illuminate:
>  260368098224
>What was this version for and what is the connector on the front panel 
>for?

This is a post-war modified BC-348-Q that has been re-nomenclatured as
R-584/MRC-20.  I believe that the AN/MRC-20 was a ground mobile 
communications system of several different units.

The connector goes to the MOST important item that distinguishes this
from a plain BC-348-Q, the external squelch/limiter unit (which contains
two vacuum tubes).  That unit is normally mounted on the top of the
receiver case.  The unit will not work missing the external unit without
some re-wiring.

The auction unit is missing the squelch/limiter unit, and the dynamotor.

Mike / KK5F


From w7qho at aol.com  Fri Mar  6 23:06:49 2009
From: w7qho at aol.com (w7qho)
Date: Fri, 06 Mar 2009 20:06:49 -0800
Subject: [Milsurplus] BC-348 grease
In-Reply-To: <8CB6CD5C713AB83-1280-1D59@MBLK-M10.sysops.aol.com>
Message-ID: <1C710DD9.A78D.4224.9C44.B13473A3A831@aol.com>


On Mar 6, 2009, at 4:50:00 PM, jcoward5452 at aol.com wrote:
http://www.mobil.com/USA-English/Lubes/PDS/GLXXENGRSMOMobilith_SHC.asp
For $11.13 plus $2.23 shipping you can get a 12.6 oz. cartridge of this stuff at:

<http://www.drillspot.com/products/285171/Mobil_MOBILITH_SHC100_Synthetic_Bearing_Grease>

Should be a lifetime supply....

--
Dennis D. ?W7QHO
Glendale, CA

From jcoward5452 at aol.com  Fri Mar  6 23:16:43 2009
From: jcoward5452 at aol.com (jcoward5452 at aol.com)
Date: Fri, 06 Mar 2009 23:16:43 -0500
Subject: [Milsurplus] [ARC5] BC-348 variant?
In-Reply-To: <3951636.1236398463174.JavaMail.root@elwamui-chisos.atl.sa.earthlink.net>
References: <3951636.1236398463174.JavaMail.root@elwamui-chisos.atl.sa.earthlink.net>
Message-ID: <8CB6CF2A81C275A-98C-5C6@FWM-D28.sysops.aol.com>



Thanks Mike.
  Does this imply that this radio was then part of a larger system?And 
for what purpose?
Curiosity aroused!
 Jay KE6PPF




-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Morrow <kk5f at earthlink.net>
To: arc5 at mailman.qth.net; milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
Sent: Fri, 6 Mar 2009 8:01 pm
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] [ARC5] BC-348 variant?



> Saw this one on the auction block and maybe someone could illuminate:
>  260368098224
>What was this version for and what is the connector on the front panel
>for?

This is a post-war modified BC-348-Q that has been re-nomenclatured as
R-584/MRC-20.  I believe that the AN/MRC-20 was a ground mobile
communications system of several different units.

The connector goes to the MOST important item that distinguishes this
from a plain BC-348-Q, the external squelch/limiter unit (which contains
two vacuum tubes).  That unit is normally mounted on the top of the
receiver case.  The unit will not work missing the external unit without
some re-wiring.

The auction unit is missing the squelch/limiter unit, and the dynamotor.

Mike / KK5F

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From olegerityincj at austin.rr.com  Fri Mar  6 23:26:56 2009
From: olegerityincj at austin.rr.com (John Hutchins)
Date: Fri, 06 Mar 2009 22:26:56 -0600
Subject: [Milsurplus] [ARC5] BC-348 variant?
In-Reply-To: <3951636.1236398463174.JavaMail.root@elwamui-chisos.atl.sa.earthlink.net>
References: <3951636.1236398463174.JavaMail.root@elwamui-chisos.atl.sa.earthlink.net>
Message-ID: <49B1F790.9070006@austin.rr.com>

Mike -

yep the MRC limiter unit sold a few days ago,
Hutch

Mike Morrow wrote:
>> Saw this one on the auction block and maybe someone could illuminate:
>>  260368098224
>> What was this version for and what is the connector on the front panel 
>> for?
>>     
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> This is a post-war modified BC-348-Q that has been re-nomenclatured as
> R-584/MRC-20.  I believe that the AN/MRC-20 was a ground mobile 
> communications system of several different units.
>
> The connector goes to the MOST important item that distinguishes this
> from a plain BC-348-Q, the external squelch/limiter unit (which contains
> two vacuum tubes).  That unit is normally mounted on the top of the
> receiver case.  The unit will not work missing the external unit without
> some re-wiring.
>
> The auction unit is missing the squelch/limiter unit, and the dynamotor.
>
> Mike / KK5F
>
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From olegerityincj at austin.rr.com  Fri Mar  6 23:31:38 2009
From: olegerityincj at austin.rr.com (John Hutchins)
Date: Fri, 06 Mar 2009 22:31:38 -0600
Subject: [Milsurplus] [ARC5]   BC-348 variant?
In-Reply-To: <8CB6CF2A81C275A-98C-5C6@FWM-D28.sysops.aol.com>
References: <3951636.1236398463174.JavaMail.root@elwamui-chisos.atl.sa.earthlink.net>
	<8CB6CF2A81C275A-98C-5C6@FWM-D28.sysops.aol.com>
Message-ID: <49B1F8AA.4060703@austin.rr.com>

All-

Item number: 260365922307 went with this  Item number: 260368098224   
which I beleive was cycled through the site last October.

Hutch


coward5452 at aol.com wrote:
> Thanks Mike.
>   Does this imply that this radio was then part of a larger system?And 
> for what purpose?
> Curiosity aroused!
>  Jay KE6PPF
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Morrow <kk5f at earthlink.net>
> To: arc5 at mailman.qth.net; milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
> Sent: Fri, 6 Mar 2009 8:01 pm
> Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] [ARC5] BC-348 variant?
>
>
>
>   
>> Saw this one on the auction block and maybe someone could illuminate:
>>  260368098224
>> What was this version for and what is the connector on the front panel
>> for?
>>     
>
> This is a post-war modified BC-348-Q that has been re-nomenclatured as
> R-584/MRC-20.  I believe that the AN/MRC-20 was a ground mobile
> communications system of several different units.
>
> The connector goes to the MOST important item that distinguishes this
> from a plain BC-348-Q, the external squelch/limiter unit (which contains
> two vacuum tubes).  That unit is normally mounted on the top of the
> receiver case.  The unit will not work missing the external unit without
> some re-wiring.
>
> The auction unit is missing the squelch/limiter unit, and the dynamotor.
>
> Mike / KK5F
>
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From WA5CAB at cs.com  Sat Mar  7 00:22:52 2009
From: WA5CAB at cs.com (WA5CAB at cs.com)
Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2009 00:22:52 EST
Subject: [Milsurplus] BC-348 variant?
Message-ID: <cf3.50bde66f.36e35eac@cs.com>

Jay,

As Mike said, R-584/MRC-20 was part of AN'MRC-20.  AN/MRC-20 c/o AN/ARC-8 
(w/R-584 instead of a stock BC-348), AN/ARC-3 and AN/ARC-27.  It was a 
talk-to-anything-flying (this was early 50's before ground support aircraft began 
carrying low VHF FM sets) mobile or ground station normally mounted on an M38, M38A1 
or M37.  Included a gasoline powered PE-246 generator.  

The R-584 was converted from either BC-348-Q or BC-348-R.  The receiver can 
be made to work by installing a jumper plug.

Hutch, I finally found the TM this morning while moving some stuff to get at 
something else.  I'll get back on the R-584 manual excerpt after Brent's Open 
House.

In a message dated 3/6/2009 9:44:27 PM Central Standard Time, 
jcoward5452 at aol.com writes: 
> 260368098224

Robert & Susan Downs - Houston
wa5cab dot com (Web Store)
MVPA 9480

From ramcam at magma.ca  Sat Mar  7 00:24:59 2009
From: ramcam at magma.ca (Ralph Cameron)
Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2009 00:24:59 -0500
Subject: [Milsurplus] 348 grease
Message-ID: <8712568511A54027B70FE0F289883010@CAMERON>

Thanks to all who gave me the name of that supplier of the grease for the 
348. Mine is working fine but out of curiosity are the dynamotor brushes 
standard ?

Thanks

Ralph
VE3BBM 


From kk5f at earthlink.net  Sat Mar  7 00:36:23 2009
From: kk5f at earthlink.net (Mike Morrow)
Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2009 00:36:23 -0500 (EST)
Subject: [Milsurplus] BC-348 variant?
Message-ID: <10203422.1236404183702.JavaMail.root@elwamui-chisos.atl.sa.earthlink.net>

Jay wrote:

>Does this imply that this radio was then part of a larger system?

>From the Mil Equipment List:
===================================================
AN/MRC-20
Radio Set, Forward Air Control 
2-18 MHZ AM/CW, 100-156 MHZ AM, and 225-400 MHZ AM
Used to communicate with aircraft in close air support roles
Mounted in an M-38 jeep and trailer
Major Components:
AN/ART-13A HF Transmitter
R-589 HF Receiver (BC-348-R modified)
AN/ARC-3 VHF Receiver-Transmitter 
AN/ARC-27 UHF Receiver-Transmitter
===================================================

The list above refers to the R-589/MRC-20 (modified BC-348-R).  Alternatively,
the R-584/MRC-20 (modified BC-348-Q) could be used.

Mike / KK5F





From WA5CAB at cs.com  Sat Mar  7 00:43:47 2009
From: WA5CAB at cs.com (WA5CAB at cs.com)
Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2009 00:43:47 EST
Subject: [Milsurplus] BC-348 variant?
Message-ID: <bfb.513fa71c.36e36393@cs.com>

Oh, that's right.  I had forgotten that we had finally figured out that the 
modified BC-348-R may have later gotten a different nomenclature.  Or that 
there was a misprint.  I'll look at the manual tomorrow.  I don't have the energy 
to climb the stairs right now.

In a message dated 3/6/2009 11:36:33 PM Central Standard Time, 
kk5f at earthlink.net writes: 
> Jay wrote:
> 
> >Does this imply that this radio was then part of a larger system?
> 
> >From the Mil Equipment List:
> ===================================================
> AN/MRC-20
> Radio Set, Forward Air Control 
> 2-18 MHZ AM/CW, 100-156 MHZ AM, and 225-400 MHZ AM
> Used to communicate with aircraft in close air support roles
> Mounted in an M-38 jeep and trailer
> Major Components:
> AN/ART-13A HF Transmitter
> R-589 HF Receiver (BC-348-R modified)
> AN/ARC-3 VHF Receiver-Transmitter 
> AN/ARC-27 UHF Receiver-Transmitter
> ===================================================
> 
> The list above refers to the R-589/MRC-20 (modified BC-348-R).  
> Alternatively,
> the R-584/MRC-20 (modified BC-348-Q) could be used.
> 
> Mike / KK5F
> 

Robert & Susan Downs - Houston
wa5cab dot com (Web Store)
MVPA 9480

From w7qho at aol.com  Sat Mar  7 03:19:04 2009
From: w7qho at aol.com (w7qho)
Date: Sat, 07 Mar 2009 00:19:04 -0800
Subject: [Milsurplus] Boatanchors Sited
Message-ID: <ADED6B18.38EB.4590.B88F.451D806F073F@aol.com>

"Ice Station Zebra" ?(1968), Rock Hudson, Ernest Borgnine

TBL in radio room of a nuclear sub, BC-1000 and BC1306 (possible) also made appearances. ?Also, scene with a BC-191/375 TU with a couple of lights added on the front panel being used by Mr. Hudson to call the sub for help.

Dennis D. ?W7QHO
Glendale, CA

From densmore at ntl.sympatico.ca  Sat Mar  7 10:08:55 2009
From: densmore at ntl.sympatico.ca (Keith Densmore)
Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2009 10:08:55 -0500
Subject: [Milsurplus] RCA Meatball
Message-ID: <911DAC3ECC16493DA856369CF258A40C@keitha8b21f77c>

Greetings All,
Anyone have an RCA Meatball Logo floating in the olde Junquebox? I need one 
about 1/2 to 3/4 inch round. If you have one to spare please let me know.

Thanks 73,
Keith VE3TS 


From rafantini at salisbury.edu  Sat Mar  7 15:00:15 2009
From: rafantini at salisbury.edu (Ray Fantini)
Date: Sat, 07 Mar 2009 15:00:15 -0500
Subject: [Milsurplus] MRC-20
Message-ID: <49B28BFF0200003100013750@mail2.salisbury.edu>

A primitive version of the MRC-20 can be seen at the Air force Museum at Wright Patterson, thought it may be a MRC-20 but looking at the photos posted on Mr. Smiths site show it to be something older, maybe the first version that the MRC-20 was modeled on. See it for your self at:
http://solo11.abac.com/zorroab1/WrightPat/WrightPatterson.html

Ray Fantini KA3EKH


From WA5CAB at cs.com  Sat Mar  7 15:34:01 2009
From: WA5CAB at cs.com (WA5CAB at cs.com)
Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2009 15:34:01 EST
Subject: [Milsurplus] MRC-20
Message-ID: <ca2.46042219.36e43439@cs.com>

Ray,

These comments aren't aimed at either you or Breck.

That would appear to be a bastardized version of the AN/VRC-1.  The gear is 
mounted on what may be a sheet of plywood, instead of in the normal steel 
cabinet.  The transmitter (at least judging by its tube cover) is a BC-375, the 
receiver probably a BC-348 and the VHF set presumably an SCR-522.  The green box 
in the rear with the post-war Kelly AFB sticker might be a BC-221 (not part of 
the AN/VRC-1).  AN/VRC-1 used BC-191, BC-312 and SCR-542.  I don't see 
anything looking like antennas.  The two aluminum rods sticking out of the 2x4's 
look like they might be holding up a sign.

There may have been 24 volt versions of AN/VRC-1 fielded.  The radios would 
have been probably available and a BC-348 could have been substituted instead 
of a BC-312-*X.  I don't have any info on availability of the 24 volt aux 
generator but I know that some were built.  I've seen at least one.  But the thing 
in the photos wouldn't have survived a week in either the mountains of Italy 
or in France.

My guess is that someone with only an Internet education put it together in 
maybe the 90's.  The Jeep looks OK, though.


In a message dated 3/7/2009 2:02:09 PM Central Standard Time, 
rafantini at salisbury.edu writes: 
> A primitive version of the MRC-20 can be seen at the Air force Museum at 
> Wright Patterson, thought it may be a MRC-20 but looking at the photos posted 
> on Mr. Smiths site show it to be something older, maybe the first version that 
> the MRC-20 was modeled on. See it for your self at:
> http://solo11.abac.com/zorroab1/WrightPat/WrightPatterson.html
> 

Robert Downs - Houston
wa5cab dot com (Web Store)
MVPA 9480

From kargo_cult at msn.com  Sat Mar  7 17:29:26 2009
From: kargo_cult at msn.com (Hue Miller)
Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2009 14:29:26 -0800
Subject: [Milsurplus] Ice Station Zebra
References: <mailman.55.1236445223.31777.milsurplus@mailman.qth.net>
Message-ID: <BAY125-DAV1C9C03A6E3836CE91D4DBE4A20@phx.gbl>

> "Ice Station Zebra" ?(1968), Rock Hudson, Ernest Borgnine
> TBL in radio room of a nuclear sub, BC-1000 and BC1306 (possible) also
made appearances.....
> Dennis D. ?W7QHO

Was that the movie that was Howard Hughes' favorite? I had remembered
his fave as "Ice Station Nine" but i couldn't find a title listed by
that name.
In the earlier years of television, if he didn't like what was showing
on the
late night TV movie, he would phone in and have it changed. -Hue Miller


From smithab11 at comcast.net  Sat Mar  7 17:49:12 2009
From: smithab11 at comcast.net (B. Smith)
Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2009 17:49:12 -0500
Subject: [Milsurplus] MRC-20
References: <ca2.46042219.36e43439@cs.com>
Message-ID: <000b01c99f76$ef67bbc0$271cc847@BCXHTR8HVC4P>

That's why I stuck with the tag  "Radio Jeep" as it was typical of a 
fabrication by an Air Force Unit (especially a TCS----  :-) ------), many 
"radio jeeps" and trucks were  thrown together  by the USAF during the 
Korean war and later in Vietnam and other conflicts because the an entire 
equipment package that was  needed was not in the inventory or available 
from supply channels.. Somewhere  there was  was a jeep with a BC-610 
mounted on it.  A lot of the radio jeeps were simple used as a test bed for 
radio maintenance and or "gofer" or flight line jeeps.

breck


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <WA5CAB at cs.com>
To: <rafantini at salisbury.edu>; <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, March 07, 2009 3:34 PM
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] MRC-20


| Ray,
|
| These comments aren't aimed at either you or Breck.
|
| That would appear to be a bastardized version of the AN/VRC-1.  The gear 
is
| mounted on what may be a sheet of plywood, instead of in the normal steel
| cabinet.  The transmitter (at least judging by its tube cover) is a 
BC-375, the
| receiver probably a BC-348 and the VHF set presumably an SCR-522.  The 
green box
| in the rear with the post-war Kelly AFB sticker might be a BC-221 (not 
part of
| the AN/VRC-1).  AN/VRC-1 used BC-191, BC-312 and SCR-542.  I don't see
| anything looking like antennas.  The two aluminum rods sticking out of the 
2x4's
| look like they might be holding up a sign.
|
| There may have been 24 volt versions of AN/VRC-1 fielded.  The radios 
would
| have been probably available and a BC-348 could have been substituted 
instead
| of a BC-312-*X.  I don't have any info on availability of the 24 volt aux
| generator but I know that some were built.  I've seen at least one.  But 
the thing
| in the photos wouldn't have survived a week in either the mountains of 
Italy
| or in France.
|
| My guess is that someone with only an Internet education put it together 
in
| maybe the 90's.  The Jeep looks OK, though.
|
|
| In a message dated 3/7/2009 2:02:09 PM Central Standard Time,
| rafantini at salisbury.edu writes:
| > A primitive version of the MRC-20 can be seen at the Air force Museum at
| > Wright Patterson, thought it may be a MRC-20 but looking at the photos 
posted
| > on Mr. Smiths site show it to be something older, maybe the first 
version that
| > the MRC-20 was modeled on. See it for your self at:
| > http://solo11.abac.com/zorroab1/WrightPat/WrightPatterson.html
| >
|
| Robert Downs - Houston
| wa5cab dot com (Web Store)
| MVPA 9480
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From TVComlGuy at aol.com  Sat Mar  7 18:48:08 2009
From: TVComlGuy at aol.com (TVComlGuy at aol.com)
Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2009 18:48:08 EST
Subject: [Milsurplus] Ice Station Zebra
Message-ID: <c55.43125dff.36e461b8@aol.com>

Yes, "Ice Station Zebra" was Hughe's  favorite movie.  He  actually bought 
the station, KLAS-TV in Las Vegas so he could call and make  requests.  I used 
to work there.  By this time he was living on the  ninth floor of the Desert 
Inn.The first house Hughes owned in Las Vegas back in  the 40's and 50's is 
still intact in the back parking lot of KLAS.  
 
 
73//Ron, KB0WAR
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From WA5CAB at cs.com  Sat Mar  7 19:12:30 2009
From: WA5CAB at cs.com (WA5CAB at cs.com)
Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2009 19:12:30 EST
Subject: [Milsurplus] MRC-20
Message-ID: <cf6.4dfa54d9.36e4676e@cs.com>

OK.

The BC-610 (actually the installation is called SCR-499) in a Jeep is really 
official.  It was apparently done for 18th AB Corps.  Instructions are in TM 
11-2715, Change 1, dated 26 January 1945.  Used PE-75 instead of PE-95.

In a message dated 3/7/2009 4:49:33 PM Central Standard Time, 
smithab11 at comcast.net writes: 
> That's why I stuck with the tag  "Radio Jeep" as it was typical of a 
> fabrication by an Air Force Unit (especially a TCS----  :-) ------), many 
> "radio jeeps" and trucks were  thrown together  by the USAF during the 
> Korean war and later in Vietnam and other conflicts because the an entire 
> equipment package that was  needed was not in the inventory or available 
> from supply channels.. Somewhere  there was  was a jeep with a BC-610 
> mounted on it.  A lot of the radio jeeps were simple used as a test bed for 
> radio maintenance and or "gofer" or flight line jeeps.
> 

Robert & Susan Downs - Houston
wa5cab dot com (Web Store)
MVPA 9480

From bsugarberg at core.com  Sat Mar  7 20:17:41 2009
From: bsugarberg at core.com (Bruce)
Date: Sat, 07 Mar 2009 20:17:41 -0500
Subject: [Milsurplus] Goodies For Sale
Message-ID: <49B31CB5.1070309@core.com>

Hello,

I have the following items for sale:
TM 11-5511A ELECTRONIC MULTIMETER TS-505A/U.  August 1955.  With
TM 11-5511A C2 23 November 1956, and TM 11-5511A C3 2 January 1958.
(Adds TS-505B/U, TS-505C/U, TS-505D/U).  $10.00.

TM 11-6625-239-12 ELECTRONIC MULTIMETERS TS-505A/U and TS-505B/U,
and MULTIMETERS TS-505C/U and TS-505D/U.  30 December 1960.  $10.00.

TM 11-6625-475-25 MULTIMETER AN/PSM-6, AN/PSM-6A. July 1962. $10.00.

USAR SCHOOL SIGNAL OFFICER CAREER COURSE - STUDENT WORKBOOK NO. 4 -
CARRIER COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS.  Many photos, illustrations, and
diagrams.  10 March 1965.  $10.00.

ST 24-20-1 TACTICAL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT.
Like a catalog, with photos and descriptions.  Has sections on:
Telephone Instruments, Telephone Switchboards, Teletypewriter Equipment,
Facsimile Equipment, Repeaters, Carrier Equipment, Vans and Shelters, etc.
Has may photos showing the insides of vans and shelters in different
configurations.  15 January 1962.  $20.00.

TM 11-625 Radio Sets SCR-543-A, SCR 543-B, SCR 543-C.
January 1944. The main component of the SCR-543 is the
the BC-669-(*), the prewar Hallicrafters HT-14.
With TM 11-625 C1, January, 1953.  $20.00

TM 11-898 RADIO RECEIVERS R-108/GRC, R-109/GRC, R-110/GRC.
January 1956.  $20.00.

TM 11-5820-520-12 RADIO SETS AN/GRC-106 AND AN/GRC-106A
(Including Changes 1 through 10).  February 1971.  $25.00.

FSN 7610-092-8827 INSTRUCTIONS FOR INSTALLATION OF RADIO SETS
AN/GRC-3 TO 8, AN/VRQ-1 TO 3, AN/VRC-7, AN/VRC-8 TO 10,
AN/VRC-18 TO 16, IN TRUCK, 1/4 TON, 4X4, UTILITY, M38 AND M38A1.
Issue Number 5, November 14, 1955.  $15.00.

TM 11-5820-401-10-1 (M38 on cover) OPERATOR'S MANUAL RADIO SETS
AN/VRC-12, AN/VRC-43, AN/VRC-44, AN/VRC-45, AN/VRC-46, AN/VRC-47,
AN/VRC-48, AN/VRC-49 (Used without intercom systems).  August, 1977.
$20.00.

TM 11-5820-401-10-1 (Humvee on cover) OPERATOR'S MANUAL RADIO SETS
AN/VRC-12, AN/VRC-43, AN/VRC-44, AN/VRC-45, AN/VRC-46, AN/VRC-47,
AN/VRC-48, AN/VRC-49 (Used without intercom systems).  15 January 1986.
$20.00.

FM24-19 RADIO OPERATOR'S HANDBOOK.  24 May 1991.  How to operate
the AN/GRC-106, AN/VSC-2,  AN/VSC-3, AN/GRC-122/142, AN/GRC-26D,
AN/GRC-46, AN/FRC-93, AN/VRC-64, AN/VRC-12, NRI System AN/VRC-12,
AN/GRA-6,AN/GRA-39, AN/PRC-77/25, AN/PRC-104A, AN/GRC-213, AN/GRC-193,
PU-619, PU-620, MEP-026A, ANTENNA GROUP OE-254/GRC, Doublet
Antenna using AB-155A/U Mast, NVIS Antenna AS-2254/GR, Communications
Security Equipment TSEC/KY-8, TSEC/KY-38, HYL-3/TSEC, TSEC/KY-57,
TSEC/KY-65.  $20.00.

TM 11-5820-890-10-1 OPERATOR'S MANUAL AN/PRC-119A, AN/VRC-87A,
AN/VRC-87C, AN/VRC-88A, AN/VRC-88C, AN/VRC-89A, AN/VRC-90A,
AN/VRC-91A, AN/VRC-92A.  1 September 1992.  $20.00.

NAVTRA 10318-D  AVIATION ELECTRONICS TECHNICIAN FIRST AND CHIEF.
1972.  With NAVEDTRA 91615-H.  Many illustrations and circuit
diagrams.  $15.00.

NAVEDTRA 10057-D MILITARY REQUIREMENTS FOR PETTY OFFICER FIRST
AND CHIEF.  Revised 1977.  $5.00.

NAVEDTRA 10088-B  DIGITAL COMPUTER BASICS.  Revised 1978.
The theory and operation of US Navy digital computers and I/O
devices.  CP-789(V)/Digital Computer, etc.  $10.00.

WATCH OFFICERS GUIDE United States Navel Institute 1985.
Hard cover.  Has a chapter on communications.  $10.00.

DOCTORS AWEIGH - The Story of the United States Navy Medical
Corps in Action by Rear Admiral Charles M. Oman (MC) U.S.N.
1943.  Chapter I: Emergency Call, Pearl Harbor.  Chapter II:
Blood on the Coral Sea, etc.  Hard cover.  $10.00.

THE TWILIGHT of the U.S. CAVALRY - Life in the Old Army, 1917-1942
by General Lucian K. Truscott, Jr.  1989.  Hard Cover.  $10.00.

ROMMEL IN NORTH AFRICA by D.A. Lande. 1999. Soft cover 8.5" x 11". $10.00.

--------------------------------------------------------------
FIGHTING THE FLYING CIRCUS by Captain Edward V. Rickenbacker.
The original 1919 1st edition, signed by Captain Eddie himself.
$195.00 with US shipping and insurance included.
--------------------------------------------------------------
USS Seattle WWI pennant. The pennant measures 36" long, by 16" wide.
The USS Washington (Armored Cruiser No. 11) was commissioned into the Navy
on 7 August 1906.  On 9 November 1916, the USS Washington was renamed the
USS Seattle.  $195.00 with US shipping and insurance included.
--------------------------------------------------------------

All prices plus shipping, unless marked otherwise.

Please include your zip code.

Thank you for looking,

Bruce WA8TNC

From arc5 at ix.netcom.com  Sat Mar  7 22:41:37 2009
From: arc5 at ix.netcom.com (David Stinson)
Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2009 21:41:37 -0600
Subject: [Milsurplus] MRC-20
References: <49B28BFF0200003100013750@mail2.salisbury.edu>
Message-ID: <20B33D2E85B8474196522750D5F1E057@boudreaux>


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ray Fantini" <rafantini at salisbury.edu>
>.... See it for your self at:
> http://solo11.abac.com/zorroab1/WrightPat/WrightPatterson.html

I helped outfit this jeep many years ago.  The group called themselves
"Mosquitoes" and were tasked with Forward Air Control and Observation
during the Korean conflict.  They gave me a dandy book detailing their
exploits, which is around here somewhere.  This one, with SCR-287,
is the "early" version.  They also got the gear to outfit a "later" version,
which used ART-13/BC-348/ARC-3.  Cool stuff.
73 Dave AB5S


From bsugarberg at core.com  Sat Mar  7 22:59:59 2009
From: bsugarberg at core.com (Bruce)
Date: Sat, 07 Mar 2009 22:59:59 -0500
Subject: [Milsurplus] The Mosquitoes
In-Reply-To: <20B33D2E85B8474196522750D5F1E057@boudreaux>
References: <49B28BFF0200003100013750@mail2.salisbury.edu>
	<20B33D2E85B8474196522750D5F1E057@boudreaux>
Message-ID: <49B342BF.8020901@core.com>

Hello,

http://www.mosquitokorea.org/

73, Bruce WA8TNC
====================
David Stinson wrote:
> 
> I helped outfit this jeep many years ago.  The group called themselves
> "Mosquitoes" and were tasked with Forward Air Control and Observation
> during the Korean conflict.  They gave me a dandy book detailing their
> exploits, which is around here somewhere.  This one, with SCR-287,
> is the "early" version.  They also got the gear to outfit a "later" version,
> which used ART-13/BC-348/ARC-3.  Cool stuff.
> 73 Dave AB5S

From bjtatum1 at att.net  Sat Mar  7 23:18:50 2009
From: bjtatum1 at att.net (Byron Tatum)
Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2009 22:18:50 -0600
Subject: [Milsurplus] For Sale: SRR-13A
Message-ID: <E3A4478EBEA14A94B31119F451C1C463@your6jnhhu0520>

Hello-
    Have for sale the set of modules and mainframe from a SRR-13A, SN1452. The mainframe was missing the gear rack mechanism that bandswitches the Ant, RF, Mixer and Osc modules. Not sure if any other parts missing.
    Glanced at some of the coils in front end modules, they appear to be sealed assemblies.
    The power supply has the solid state conversion update.
    Unit in fair condition, modules appear pretty clean.
                                Thanks, Byron WA5THJ 

From robandpj at earthlink.net  Sun Mar  8 08:02:01 2009
From: robandpj at earthlink.net (Robert Flory)
Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2009 08:02:01 -0400
Subject: [Milsurplus] HF/DF ops in WWII
Message-ID: <410-220093081221609@earthlink.net>

Hi,
Excuse me if Nick already posted this.  I was just looking at:

http://www.virhistory.com/navy/nyw/srh292-B.htm

Which gives a very cool description of operations at an intercept/DF site in CA during the war.

Rob

From jpwatkins9 at yahoo.com  Sun Mar  8 10:52:21 2009
From: jpwatkins9 at yahoo.com (John Watkins)
Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2009 07:52:21 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Milsurplus] Codan 8528 SSB HF Set
Message-ID: <126807.80753.qm@web32401.mail.mud.yahoo.com>


Hi All,
?
Not exactly military but I recieved one of these from our Amateur Radio Group.? Interesting radio and apparently used by the military and Oil Companies here.? 250 Khz to 30Mhs USB/LSB 100w PEP.? Used alot in OZ for outback calling.? Same use I will put it to here in Oman.? Does anyone know much about these?? Also looking for a microphone that will work.? Didn't come with one but I did get the radio.
?
Cheers,
?
John? WD5ENU/A45XV


      

From densmore at ntl.sympatico.ca  Sun Mar  8 11:55:09 2009
From: densmore at ntl.sympatico.ca (Keith Densmore)
Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2009 11:55:09 -0400
Subject: [Milsurplus] Wanted: URC-110 VHF + UHF Radio
Message-ID: <F3C92786E3A8404EA0940322A9794E45@keitha8b21f77c>

Greetings,
Looking for a good condition example of this semi portable transceiver. 
There are other versions of this series,  URC-100, URC-101 etc. which are 
also of interest. Cash or we can do some creative trading.
A picture of the series can be seen at
http://www.milspec.ca/radspec/urc-111.html



From bjtatum1 at att.net  Sun Mar  8 00:19:12 2009
From: bjtatum1 at att.net (Byron Tatum)
Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2009 23:19:12 -0600
Subject: [Milsurplus] WTB- Bendix MN-26
Message-ID: <C5B5F15A847642049F65E806F4B46637@your6jnhhu0520>

Hello-
    I am looking for a MN-26C in decent condition, just the receiver itself no access. Dynomotor not needed.
                                                            Thanks, Byron WA5THJ.

From jcoward5452 at aol.com  Sun Mar  8 15:59:07 2009
From: jcoward5452 at aol.com (jcoward5452 at aol.com)
Date: Sun, 08 Mar 2009 15:59:07 -0400
Subject: [Milsurplus] MRC-20
In-Reply-To: <20B33D2E85B8474196522750D5F1E057@boudreaux>
References: <49B28BFF0200003100013750@mail2.salisbury.edu>
	<20B33D2E85B8474196522750D5F1E057@boudreaux>
Message-ID: <8CB6E3F793E8D57-8A0-97B9@WEBMAIL-DG08.sim.aol.com>

Hi All and thanks for all the good info.Still,I am wondering how the 
BC-348-Q or -R was modified?What was the connector on the front panel 
for?What useful signal or control capability was added  or tapped 
off?Was the IF tapped for injection to some other gear like a panoramic 
display?Audio and muting were available at the rear connector as well 
as DC.So....?
 Jay KE6PPF


-----Original Message-----
From: David Stinson <arc5 at ix.netcom.com>
To: Ray Fantini <rafantini at salisbury.edu>; milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
Sent: Sat, 7 Mar 2009 7:41 pm
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] MRC-20



----- Original Message -----
From: "Ray Fantini" <rafantini at salisbury.edu>
>.... See it for your self at:
> http://solo11.abac.com/zorroab1/WrightPat/WrightPatterson.html

I helped outfit this jeep many years ago.  The group called themselves
"Mosquitoes" and were tasked with Forward Air Control and Observation
during the Korean conflict.  They gave me a dandy book detailing their
exploits, which is around here somewhere.  This one, with SCR-287,
is the "early" version.  They also got the gear to outfit a "later" 
version,
which used ART-13/BC-348/ARC-3.  Cool stuff.
73 Dave AB5S

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From Military1944 at aol.com  Sun Mar  8 16:04:01 2009
From: Military1944 at aol.com (Military1944 at aol.com)
Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2009 16:04:01 EDT
Subject: [Milsurplus] MRC-20
Message-ID: <d03.51ccbf17.36e57eb1@aol.com>

 
In a message dated 08/03/2009 19:59:41 GMT :

>....  See it for your self at:
>  http://solo11.abac.com/zorroab1/WrightPat/WrightPatterson.html



? Surley it would have made better sense to have the tx on the other side  of 
the jeep, with controls facing inwards, or even along the back wall facing  
forward with the psu behind. 
 
Seems a mighy odd operating position. 
 
Ben G4BXD

From cosmoline at aa4rm.ba-watch.org  Sun Mar  8 16:29:13 2009
From: cosmoline at aa4rm.ba-watch.org (Marty Reynolds)
Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2009 16:29:13 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [Milsurplus] MRC-20
In-Reply-To: <20B33D2E85B8474196522750D5F1E057@boudreaux>
References: <49B28BFF0200003100013750@mail2.salisbury.edu>
	<20B33D2E85B8474196522750D5F1E057@boudreaux>
Message-ID: <6310.24.30.81.88.1236544153.squirrel@fracas.netboobie.org>



>
> I helped outfit this jeep many years ago.  The group called themselves
> "Mosquitoes" and were tasked with Forward Air Control and Observation
> during the Korean conflict.  They gave me a dandy book detailing their
> exploits, which is around here somewhere.

First I've heard of the ground side of the Mosquito op'n

Wikipedia has a fair write-up on the Acft side
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Aircraft_of_the_Korean_War

But it leaves out operational details.  Enter the following

A pal's friend flew as an observer in a AT-6.  According to him they were
airborn forward observers.  A ground strike came in the form of five
jets.  One to lead & fire for effect which the AT-6 reported to the
remaining to drop main ordnance.  Results poor

Reason for this was generation 1 jets had so little range it was all
they could do to reach target then return

Different story on USMC ADs.  These guys cud loiter 'n loiter 'til
time right.  Believe their forward observers were ground pounders
with that giant 100-156 BC-1000 backpack-style beast called MAR?  (OK,
start a nomenclature firestorm)

So the AT-6 FO finished his termt & re-enlisted in USMC.  He trained a
bit on ADs but they got confiscated by USAF & renamed A-1s.  He
finished @ USMC and continued his career in comm'l aviation



From bluebirdtele at embarqmail.com  Sun Mar  8 17:58:16 2009
From: bluebirdtele at embarqmail.com (Greg Mijal)
Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2009 17:58:16 -0400
Subject: [Milsurplus] BC 348 Question:  in re lifted B- lead
In-Reply-To: <06497EDD5AED4409851C64B60E451B3D@userlvnwsus9dr>
References: <06497EDD5AED4409851C64B60E451B3D@userlvnwsus9dr>
Message-ID: <5BF2DEC700BC4614B727D273157E112B@GregMijalPC>

OK

Now I'm starting to build up a file on the BC 348.
Can someone tell me which versions have the B- line off of ground and why?
What do you do to the power supply wiring to compensate for this?
Tnx
Greg
WA7LYO
Kinston NC
----- Original 

From kk5f at earthlink.net  Sun Mar  8 18:18:15 2009
From: kk5f at earthlink.net (Mike Morrow)
Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2009 17:18:15 -0500 (GMT-05:00)
Subject: [Milsurplus] MRC-20
Message-ID: <20533853.1236550695728.JavaMail.root@elwamui-ovcar.atl.sa.earthlink.net>

> ...Still,I am wondering how the 
>BC-348-Q or -R was modified?What was the connector on the front panel 
>for?What useful signal or control capability was added  or tapped 
>off?Was the IF tapped for injection to some other gear like a panoramic 
>display?

The was posted to the list for this thread two days ago:

"The connector goes to the MOST important item that distinguishes this
from a plain BC-348-Q, the external squelch/limiter unit (which contains
two vacuum tubes)."

Mike / KK5F


From bsugarberg at core.com  Sun Mar  8 19:06:40 2009
From: bsugarberg at core.com (Bruce)
Date: Sun, 08 Mar 2009 18:06:40 -0500
Subject: [Milsurplus] Goodies For Sale 2
Message-ID: <49B44F80.4050103@core.com>

Hello,

I have the following items for sale:

TM 11-665 CW AND AM RADIO TRANSMITTERS AND RECEIVERS.
September 1952.  $20.00.

TM 11-287 RADIO SETS AN/VRQ-1, AN/VRQ-2, AN/VRQ-3.
(RT-66, RT-67, RT-68).  March 1951.  $25.00.

TM 11-289 RECEIVER-TRANSMITTERS RT-66/GRC, RT-67/GRC,
AND RT-68/GRC.  March 1951.  $25.00.

TM 11-898 RADIO RECEIVERS R-108/GRC, R-109/GRC, R-110/GRC.
January 1956.  $20.00.

TM 11-296 RADIO SET PRC-6.  October 1951.  $25.00.

TM 11-290 RECEIVER-TRANSMITTERS RT-70/GRC AND RT-70A/GRC.
February 1957.  $25.00.

TM 11-5039 AF AMPLIFIER AM-65/GRC.  Used with RT-66, RT-67,
RT-68, RT-70, R-108, R-109, R-110. January 1951. $20.00.

TM 11-5820-667-12 RADIO SET AN/PRC-77. (With Changes 1 - 2).
June 1967.  $25.00.

TM 11-5820-498-12 RADIO SETS AN/VRC-53, AN/VRC-64, AN/GRC-125,
AN/GRC-160, AND AMPLIFIER-POWER SUPPLY GROUPS OA-3633/GRC
AND OA-3633A/GRC. (With Changes 1 - 7). (PRC-25 and PRC-77).
May 1967.  $25.00.

TM 11-661 ELECTRICAL FUNDAMENTALS - DIRECT CURRENT.  June 1951.
TM 11-681 ELECTRICAL FUNDAMENTALS - ALTERNATING CURRENT.  December 1951.
The best basic course ever.  $25.00 for both manuals.

TM 11-662 BASIC THEORY AND APPLICATION OF ELECTRON TUBES.
February 1952.  All about tubes and tube circuits.  $15.00.

TM 11-663 ELECTRONIC POWER SUPPLIES.  Many illustrations,
and diagrams.  Everything from rectifiers to dynamotors.
October 1951.  With TM 11-663 C1 18 June 1958.  $15.00.

TM 11-664 THEORY AND USE OF ELECTRONIC TEST EQUIPMENT.
February 1952. A great boatanchor repair course.  $15.00.	

TM 11-672 PULSE TECHNIQUES.  Many diagrams.  October 1951.
Like R-C circuits, limiter and clipper circuits, etc. $10.00.

TM 11-678 FUNDAMENTALS OF TELEPHONY.  Many photos, illustrations,
and diagrams.  March 1953.  $20.00.

All prices plus shipping, unless marked otherwise.

Please include your zip code.

Thank you for looking,

Bruce WA8TNC

From WA5CAB at cs.com  Sun Mar  8 20:16:56 2009
From: WA5CAB at cs.com (WA5CAB at cs.com)
Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2009 20:16:56 EDT
Subject: [Milsurplus] BC 348 Question:  in re lifted B- lead
Message-ID: <d5e.45684008.36e5b9f8@cs.com>

I can't vouch for the original BC-224 but all models from BC-224-A through 
BC-348-S have the B- above ground.

If you mean if the radio is modified with an AC operated rectifier supply, 
you simply connect the B- from the rectifier supply to the same point where the 
dynamotor B- connected.  So B- would be floating in the power supply.  Filter 
capacitors, however, should still go to chassis, not the B-.  If using a 
conventional center-tapped HV winding and a full wave rectifier, the center-tap 
would go to the B- connection in the radio.  If using a bridge rectifier, the 
negative terminal of the bridge would go there.

If you try to use a substitute dynamotor (more DM-28 filter-bases turn up 
than do the actual dynamotors) you must use one that has the B- brush holder 
insulated like the B+ is.  Or take two to make one.

In a message dated 3/8/2009 3:58:27 PM Central Standard Time, 
bluebirdtele at embarqmail.com writes: 
> Now I'm starting to build up a file on the BC 348.
> Can someone tell me which versions have the B- line off of ground and why?
> What do you do to the power supply wiring to compensate for this?
> 

Robert Downs - Houston
wa5cab dot com (Web Store)
MVPA 9480

From WA5CAB at cs.com  Sun Mar  8 20:48:20 2009
From: WA5CAB at cs.com (WA5CAB at cs.com)
Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2009 20:48:20 EDT
Subject: [Milsurplus] MRC-20
Message-ID: <bbc.3e0be3e7.36e5c154@cs.com>

Ben,

In the actual AN/VRC-1 the BC-191 was on the passember side facing forward.  
The BC-312 was on a shelf on the drivers side (that's reference a LHD vehicle 
of course) facing forward.  The BD-77 sat under the BC-312.  The bulk of the 
VHF equipment was behind the HF components and accessible from behind the Jeep.

In a message dated 3/8/2009 2:04:15 PM Central Standard Time, 
Military1944 at aol.com writes: 
> In a message dated 08/03/2009 19:59:41 GMT :
> 
> >....  See it for your self at:
> >  http://solo11.abac.com/zorroab1/WrightPat/WrightPatterson.html
> 
> 
> 
> ? Surley it would have made better sense to have the tx on the other side  
> of 
> the jeep, with controls facing inwards, or even along the back wall facing  
> forward with the psu behind. 
> 
> Seems a mighy odd operating position. 
> 
> Ben G4BXD
> 

Robert & Susan Downs - Houston
wa5cab dot com (Web Store)
MVPA 9480

From al at ar88.net  Sun Mar  8 21:03:53 2009
From: al at ar88.net (Al Klase)
Date: Sun, 08 Mar 2009 21:03:53 -0400
Subject: [Milsurplus] BC 348 Question:  in re lifted B- lead
In-Reply-To: <d5e.45684008.36e5b9f8@cs.com>
References: <d5e.45684008.36e5b9f8@cs.com>
Message-ID: <49B46AF9.8060604@ar88.net>

Gang,

I'm glad Robert broke the ice on this one.  The power supply arrangement 
in the BC-224/348 is not at all unusual.  It's common practice in a lot 
of receiver designs to return the most negative point in the power 
supply to ground through an impedance (resistor, or choke, or both).  
The voltage drop across this impedance is used to provide a negative 
bias voltage to some of the receiver circuits.  Grounding B- leaves the 
radio operating without bias.  This is usually not a good thing.

Once the dynamotor assembly is removed from the receiver, you're left 
with some wires with spade lugs that may or may not be in the right 
relative position.  The one you want to connect the negative terminal of 
the power supply to is the one that goes to the ungrounded end of the 
choke in the "Audio Pack Assembly"  (choke and output transformer) on 
the top of the chassis above the I/O connector on the rear.

I was hoping I could just tell you to connect to pin-X of the Audio 
Pack, but the pin number varies with receiver model.  The one I looked 
at is a BC-224H, and the connection in that case is pin-1.  However, 
according to my schematic, in BC-348Q it's pin-6.  Other schematics in 
my possession don't indicate pin numbers.  There does seem to be a 
sticker with schematic on each audio pack.

So, it's an exercise in schematic reading and ohm-meter usage.  I f you 
do it properly you should end up with a bias of about -8 volts (or more) 
on the audio output tube control grid.  Check it!

Hope this helps,
Al



WA5CAB at cs.com wrote:
> I can't vouch for the original BC-224 but all models from BC-224-A through 
> BC-348-S have the B- above ground.
>
> If you mean if the radio is modified with an AC operated rectifier supply, 
> you simply connect the B- from the rectifier supply to the same point where the 
> dynamotor B- connected.  So B- would be floating in the power supply.  Filter 
> capacitors, however, should still go to chassis, not the B-.  If using a 
> conventional center-tapped HV winding and a full wave rectifier, the center-tap 
> would go to the B- connection in the radio.  If using a bridge rectifier, the 
> negative terminal of the bridge would go there.
>
> If you try to use a substitute dynamotor (more DM-28 filter-bases turn up 
> than do the actual dynamotors) you must use one that has the B- brush holder 
> insulated like the B+ is.  Or take two to make one.
>
> In a message dated 3/8/2009 3:58:27 PM Central Standard Time, 
> bluebirdtele at embarqmail.com writes: 
>   
>> Now I'm starting to build up a file on the BC 348.
>> Can someone tell me which versions have the B- line off of ground and why?
>> What do you do to the power supply wiring to compensate for this?
>>
>>     
>
> Robert Downs - Houston
> wa5cab dot com (Web Store)
> MVPA 9480
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From WA5CAB at cs.com  Sun Mar  8 23:45:33 2009
From: WA5CAB at cs.com (WA5CAB at cs.com)
Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2009 23:45:33 EDT
Subject: [Milsurplus] BC 348 Question:  in re lifted B- lead
Message-ID: <bda.4088dc00.36e5eadd@cs.com>

As Al says, in the JNQ it's pin 6 in the Audio Pack.  In most of the others 
it's pin 1.  However, I have a bunch of the audio packs for the EMOPS and HKLR. 
 I normally ID which they go to (functionally if you ignore the component 
numbers the latter two are interchangable) by noting whether the schematic on the 
top ID's the transformer, choke and capacitor as 101A, B & C or 123A, B & C.  
However, I recently noticed one that was different from what I've come to 
think of as the norm.  I'd have to go and locate it again to see whether it was a 
101 or a 123 but whichever it was, it was pin numbered as the other one 
normally is.  It was also one of the early units with no low Z tap on the audio 
transformer secondary.  So I concluded that during the production life of the 
receivers, some dummy decided to change the pin numbers.  So you really need to 
go by the paper diagram on the top of the audio pack.  

In all models except the BC-348-JNQ, the B- filter choke goes to ground 
inside the pack.  In the JNQ it does not, and the bias is also applied to the mixer 
grid.  But in all cases with the audio pack still installed in the radio, the 
dynamotor lead or audio pack pin you are looking for will have a resistance 
of 25 ohms or less to ground.  But not zero.  If the paper diagram is gone and 
you can't differentiate whether the pack pin is the choke or one of the taps 
on the output transformer secondary (which also has one end grounded), you can 
ID the latter by plugging in a headset, grounding one lead from an analog 
ohmmeter (set to Rx1) and touching the other lead to pins on the audio pack.  The 
one or two (on later units) pins connected to the output transformer output 
winding will cause a click in the headset.  The one (or with JNQ two) connected 
to the choke will not.  The two that could cause a click depending upon 
ohmmeter setting but that show high resistance to ground will be the audio 
transformer primary.  And a DVM won't usually work for this test.  DVM's generally 
aren't much use in working on tube radios.

In a message dated 3/8/2009 7:04:20 PM Central Standard Time, al at ar88.net 
writes: 
> I'm glad Robert broke the ice on this one.  The power supply arrangement 
> in the BC-224/348 is not at all unusual.  It's common practice in a lot 
> of receiver designs to return the most negative point in the power 
> supply to ground through an impedance (resistor, or choke, or both).  
> The voltage drop across this impedance is used to provide a negative 
> bias voltage to some of the receiver circuits.  Grounding B- leaves the 
> radio operating without bias.  This is usually not a good thing.
> 
> Once the dynamotor assembly is removed from the receiver, you're left 
> with some wires with spade lugs that may or may not be in the right 
> relative position.  The one you want to connect the negative terminal of 
> the power supply to is the one that goes to the ungrounded end of the 
> choke in the "Audio Pack Assembly"  (choke and output transformer) on 
> the top of the chassis above the I/O connector on the rear.
> 
> I was hoping I could just tell you to connect to pin-X of the Audio 
> Pack, but the pin number varies with receiver model.  The one I looked 
> at is a BC-224H, and the connection in that case is pin-1.  However, 
> according to my schematic, in BC-348Q it's pin-6.  Other schematics in 
> my possession don't indicate pin numbers.  There does seem to be a 
> sticker with schematic on each audio pack.
> 
> So, it's an exercise in schematic reading and ohm-meter usage.  I f you 
> do it properly you should end up with a bias of about -8 volts (or more) 
> on the audio output tube control grid.  Check it!
> 
> Hope this helps,
> Al
> 
> 
> 
> WA5CAB at cs.com wrote:
> >I can't vouch for the original BC-224 but all models from BC-224-A through 
> >BC-348-S have the B- above ground.
> >
> >If you mean if the radio is modified with an AC operated rectifier supply, 
> >you simply connect the B- from the rectifier supply to the same point where 
> the 
> >dynamotor B- connected.  So B- would be floating in the power supply.  
> Filter 
> >capacitors, however, should still go to chassis, not the B-.  If using a 
> >conventional center-tapped HV winding and a full wave rectifier, the 
> center-tap 
> >would go to the B- connection in the radio.  If using a bridge rectifier, 
> the 
> >negative terminal of the bridge would go there.
> >
> >If you try to use a substitute dynamotor (more DM-28 filter-bases turn up 
> >than do the actual dynamotors) you must use one that has the B- brush 
> holder 
> >insulated like the B+ is.  Or take two to make one.
> >
> >In a message dated 3/8/2009 3:58:27 PM Central Standard Time, 
> >bluebirdtele at embarqmail.com writes: 
> >   
> >>Now I'm starting to build up a file on the BC 348.
> >>Can someone tell me which versions have the B- line off of ground and why?
> >>What do you do to the power supply wiring to compensate for this?
> >>
> 

Robert Downs - Houston
wa5cab dot com (Web Store)
MVPA 9480

From arc5 at ix.netcom.com  Mon Mar  9 05:02:54 2009
From: arc5 at ix.netcom.com (David Stinson)
Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2009 04:02:54 -0500
Subject: [Milsurplus] MRC-20
References: <bbc.3e0be3e7.36e5c154@cs.com>
Message-ID: <7C50C24B421841F19D1D78229623DE08@boudreaux>


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <WA5CAB at cs.com>
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] MRC-20


> Ben,
>
> In the actual AN/VRC-1 the BC-191 was on the passember side facing 
> forward...

These "Mosquito" jeeps are an excellent example of how we
restorers might get stuck on "by the book," when,
in many cases, systems were cobbled-together from what was available.
"Pristine" installations often lasted only as long as the first break-down
in the field, or until it was blown up, which ever came first.

Several years ago, I tried to help a group that was outfitting an early 
B-29.
They were stuck on finding a BC-375 "C" model.
The "C" is very scarce; maybe even rare, and had been superceded
by the "E" model by 1942.   It's a good bet that no line-service B-29
ever sported a "C" model, and SCR-287 installations were soon
upgraded to proto-AN/ARC-8 in any event.
The specs were written during the development phase,
and can't be expected to "foresee the future."
That's why they issue updates.
 I've had the same thing happen with a group that was
rebuilding a Marine Corps Shore Patrol jeep;
they insisted on a TCS "9" model- no other would do-
because that's what their copy of the installation manual said.
The only reason the manual says "9" model,
 is that the guy writing that spec had a "9" manual on his desk.

IMHO, the manuals and specs should be consulted,
but documented "custom" installations of the time (
such as the Mosquito jeep) should be considered "correct."
And, frankly, I find them more interesting and innovative
than the "by the book" installations.

73 Dave S.


From robandpj at earthlink.net  Mon Mar  9 08:01:59 2009
From: robandpj at earthlink.net (Robert Flory)
Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2009 08:01:59 -0400
Subject: [Milsurplus] DAK DF set
Message-ID: <410-2200931912159562@earthlink.net>

Hi,
I see someone really valued the DAK that was on ebay.  That's great.  Its a really cool piece of gear.  I thought it would make a great AM broadcast DXing set, with the ability to null one station to hear the other underneath.  My poverty-limited bid wasn't close.

A bit of history on the set, from the D-E Newsletter vol. 4, No. 2 April-May 1978

http://www.usscoolbaugh.org/phippsbook.html

Rob Flory

From telegrapher at att.net  Mon Mar  9 11:01:20 2009
From: telegrapher at att.net (telegrapher at att.net)
Date: Mon, 09 Mar 2009 15:01:20 +0000
Subject: [Milsurplus] HF/DF ops in WWII
In-Reply-To: <410-220093081221609@earthlink.net>
Message-ID: <030920091501.25626.49B52F40000B75AA0000641A22218865869B0A02D29B9B0EBF9D0A089F0E9D090A040A9B@att.net>


 I noticed in the 2nd Appendix B, (c) Employment of Men and  material in Detail,  "In addition to the above, all radiomen....." (1)(c) LR-1 Frequency meter.

Should that have been  "LM-1" instead of LR-1?   I don't know whether or not there was an LM-1 and haven't looked at my Manuals to see either.



Larry
W0OGH


  -------------- Original message from "Robert Flory" <robandpj at earthlink.net>: --------------


> Hi,
> Excuse me if Nick already posted this.  I was just looking at:
> 
> http://www.virhistory.com/navy/nyw/srh292-B.htm
> Which gives a very cool description of operations at an intercept/DF site in CA 
> during the war.
> 
> Rob
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From robandpj at earthlink.net  Mon Mar  9 11:14:12 2009
From: robandpj at earthlink.net (Robert Flory)
Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2009 11:14:12 -0400
Subject: [Milsurplus] HF/DF ops in WWII
Message-ID: <410-22009319151412343@earthlink.net>

At a fixed location the weight of an LR would not be a disadvantage, and it is a much better instrument.

Rob K2WI


----- Original Message ----- 
From: 
To: robandpj at earthlink.net
Cc: Milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
Sent: 3/9/2009 11:01:22 AM 
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] HF/DF ops in WWII


I noticed in the 2nd Appendix B, (c) Employment of Men and  material in Detail,  "In addition to the above, all radiomen....." (1)(c) LR-1 Frequency meter.

Should that have been  "LM-1" instead of LR-1?   I don't know whether or not there was an LM-1 and haven't looked at my Manuals to see either.



Larry
W0OGH

From n7rk at cox.net  Mon Mar  9 11:22:28 2009
From: n7rk at cox.net (David Hollander)
Date: Mon, 09 Mar 2009 08:22:28 -0700
Subject: [Milsurplus] FS: Heathkit, Hammarlund, Gonset, Military,
	Drake and Howard
Message-ID: <49B53434.9070907@cox.net>

I have a bunch of equipment for sale.

I don?t have any of the connecting cables for the Gonsets or Heathkits 
and I don?t have a power supply for the Heathkits so they are untested .

Prices do not include shipping.   I will ship overseas.

Thanks for looking and 73.........Dave N7RK

Heathkit HR-20 Receiver.........$175 plus shipping
Very clean unit inside and out with a few light scratches on the top. 
Includes a copy of the manual on CD
http://members.cox.net/radiodx3/heathhr20.JPG
http://members.cox.net/radiodx3/heathhr202.JPG

Heathkit HX-20 Transmitter.........$135 plus shipping
Very clean unit inside and out but has some mods which can be seen in 
the photos. I don?t know what the mods are
http://members.cox.net/radiodx3/heathhx20.JPG
http://members.cox.net/radiodx3/heathhx202.JPG

Hammarlund S-200 Speaker..................$90 plus shipping
Nice clean speaker with no dings or dents. Sounds excellent.
http://members.cox.net/radiodx3/hamm_spkr.JPG
http://members.cox.net/radiodx3/hamm_spkr4.JPG

Gonset G-66 Mobile Receiver with Power Supply and Original 
Manual........$135 plus shipping
Some bonehead painted this blue.
http://members.cox.net/radiodx5/g66rcvr.jpg
http://members.cox.net/radiodx5/g66rcvr2.jpg
http://members.cox.net/radiodx5/g66rcvr3.jpg
http://members.cox.net/radiodx5/g66rcvr4.jpg
http://members.cox.net/radiodx5/g66rcvr5.jpg
http://members.cox.net/radiodx5/g66rcvr6.jpg
http://members.cox.net/radiodx5/g66rcvrmanual.jpg

Gonset G-77 Transmitter with Power Supply/ Modulator............$125 
plus shipping
http://members.cox.net/radiodx5/g77xmtr1.jpg
http://members.cox.net/radiodx5/g77xmtr12.jpg
http://members.cox.net/radiodx5/g77xmtr13.jpg
http://members.cox.net/radiodx5/g77xmtr14.jpg
http://members.cox.net/radiodx5/g77xmtrmanual.jpg

or $225 plus shipping for the pair of Gonset?s

BC-348-R Receiver with Shock Mount....$200 plus shipping
Has ac supply built in and works well. Appears to be all original except 
for the ac supply. The case has some corrosion damage on the the back 
upper right side. It is only the case, not in the radio.
http://members.cox.net/radiodx3/bc348r.JPG
http://members.cox.net/radiodx3/bc348r2.JPG
http://members.cox.net/radiodx3/bc348r3.JPG
http://members.cox.net/radiodx3/bc348r5.JPG
http://members.cox.net/radiodx3/bc348r6.JPG
http://members.cox.net/radiodx3/bc348r7.JPG
http://members.cox.net/radiodx3/bc348r92.JPG

Heathkit HW-100 Transceiver with Manual.......$120 plus shipping
This is a very clean unit that had been wrapped up and stored for many 
years by the original builder/owner. It has a few light scratches but 
otherwise very clean. Insides are also very clean. I don't have a power 
supply so it is untested. Includes the original manual.  I will ship 
international.
http://members.cox.net/radiostuff9/hw100.JPG
http://members.cox.net/radiostuff9/hw1002.JPG
http://members.cox.net/radiostuff9/hw1003.JPG
http://members.cox.net/radiostuff9/hw1004.JPG
http://members.cox.net/radiostuff9/hw1005.JPG
http://members.cox.net/radiostuff9/hw1006.JPG

Howard 430 Receiver.................$80 plus shipping
This is a 6 tube communications receiver with internal speaker built in 
1939 and 1940. More info can be found on my Howard web page at:
http://members.cox.net/n7rk/howard.htm
This is a project that I got 10 years ago and will never get to. The 
power transformer is OK. Their are some disconnected wires inside.
http://members.cox.net/radiodx3/howard430.JPG
http://members.cox.net/radiodx3/howard4302.JPG
http://members.cox.net/radiodx3/howard4303.JPG
http://members.cox.net/radiodx3/howard4304.JPG
http://members.cox.net/radiodx3/howard4305.JPG

Heathkit and Drake Original Manuals
I also have the following original Heathkit, National, Drake and a few 
other manuals for sale.
List can be viewed here:
http://members.cox.net/radiostuff9/manuals_fs.htm

I still have a bunch of Drake TR-7 Parts available.

***********************************************************
Dave  N7RK          Boatanchors Home Page: http://members.cox.net/n7rk
Phoenix, Arizona         *DXCC Honor Roll*    *WAZ#22 - 75 Meter SSB*

ex-XE2/N7RK, N7RK/ZB2, VK2ERK, ZM0AJN, WB6NRK, WN6IWX

Boatanchor and Antique Radio Collector


From WA5CAB at cs.com  Mon Mar  9 11:50:57 2009
From: WA5CAB at cs.com (WA5CAB at cs.com)
Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2009 11:50:57 EDT
Subject: [Milsurplus] HF/DF ops in WWII
Message-ID: <c43.48301269.36e694e1@cs.com>

The LR, LR-1 and LR-2 were built by General Radio Co. in 1939, 1941 and 1942. 
 And there was an LM-1.  The LR covers 160 KC to 30 MC and is, as Rob 
indicates, larger and heavier than the LM.  

In a message dated 3/9/2009 9:14:30 AM Central Standard Time, 
robandpj at earthlink.net writes: 
> At a fixed location the weight of an LR would not be a disadvantage, and it 
> is a much better instrument.
> 
> Rob K2WI
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: 
> To: robandpj at earthlink.net
> Cc: Milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
> Sent: 3/9/2009 11:01:22 AM 
> Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] HF/DF ops in WWII
> 
> 
> I noticed in the 2nd Appendix B, (c) Employment of Men and  material in 
> Detail,  "In addition to the above, all radiomen....." (1)(c) LR-1 Frequency 
> meter.
> 
> Should that have been  "LM-1" instead of LR-1?   I don't know whether or not 
> there was an LM-1 and haven't looked at my Manuals to see either.
> 

Robert & Susan Downs - Houston
wa5cab dot com (Web Store)
MVPA 9480

From rafantini at salisbury.edu  Mon Mar  9 12:54:55 2009
From: rafantini at salisbury.edu (Ray Fantini)
Date: Mon, 09 Mar 2009 12:54:55 -0400
Subject: [Milsurplus] T-368
Message-ID: <49B51135.9A7D.0031.0@salisbury.edu>

Why are their handles on the side of the T-368? Is it possible that any group of men can get together and lift it with all the drawers in place? Will the existing handles hold the weight of the transmitter together if you get six or so around it to lift the thing? I have seen the 368 in action years before running teletype in the angry twenty six, and have had the drawers open and tuned the beast but never realized they were that heavy until now that I have bought one. This one is a real basket case with just about every stage being "Ham Hacked" and looks to be about a year long project, by the way anyone have a base assembly for a 368? The last owner removed it and installed casters on the bottom of the case making all seven hundred pounds nice and unstable. Also anyone have any idea what's behind the idea of using a clamper on the PA screen instead of just biasing the PA tube into cut off? Was it to run the PA tube in a more linear state or an attempt to keep the PA voltage from floating too high? Or is it just a good way of developing heat when the transmitter is in standby?
Ray Fantini KA3EKH



From w7qho at aol.com  Mon Mar  9 14:05:07 2009
From: w7qho at aol.com (w7qho)
Date: Mon, 09 Mar 2009 11:05:07 -0700
Subject: [Milsurplus] [MRCA] T-368
In-Reply-To: <49B51135.9A7D.0031.0@salisbury.edu>
Message-ID: <1B508613.D462.4E78.9951.A3A504F76339@aol.com>

Ray,

Suspect the side handles are for rolling it around on it's base assembly, not lifting. ?The base assys. are hard to find and have a large footprint (stable) but clumsy for many hamshacks. ?I bolted ?6 small casters to the bottom of both my units and haven't had any tip-over problems. Good question on the clamper. ?Only makes a for lot of heat, though, in the CW mode. ?The sleeve around the clamp tube socket appears to be intended to prevent a regular 807 from being installed, only an 807W or military/commercial equivalent. ?Nothing in the manuals on this but my take is that the W would have a higher breakdown voltage rating on the socket end due to the button base construction of the tube envelope. ?Note that 2500 volts could appear on the screen pin under some conditions.

Dennis D. ?W7QHO
Glendale, CA

On Mar 9, 2009, at 9:54:55 AM, "Ray Fantini" <rafantini at salisbury.edu> wrote:
Why are their handles on the side of the T-368? Is it possible that any group of men can get together and lift it with all the drawers in place? Will the existing handles hold the weight of the transmitter together if you get six or so around it to lift the thing? I have seen the 368 in action years before running teletype in the angry twenty six, and have had the drawers open and tuned the beast but never realized they were that heavy until now that I have bought one. This one is a real basket case with just about every stage being "Ham Hacked" and looks to be about a year long project, by the way anyone have a base assembly for a 368? The last owner removed it and installed casters on the bottom of the case making all seven hundred pounds nice and unstable. Also anyone have any idea what's behind the idea of using a clamper on the PA screen instead of just biasing the PA tube into cut off? Was it to run the PA tube in a more linear state or an attempt to keep the PA voltage
from floating too high? Or is it just a good way of developing heat when the transmitter is in standby?


--

From telegrapher at att.net  Mon Mar  9 14:37:37 2009
From: telegrapher at att.net (telegrapher at att.net)
Date: Mon, 09 Mar 2009 18:37:37 +0000
Subject: [Milsurplus] URM-26D FS
Message-ID: <030920091837.15724.49B561F10000CF3100003D6C22218865869B0A02D29B9B0EBF9D0A089F0E9D090A040A9B@att.net>

Long way to go.

FS.  URM-26D with the following options:

5:1 Fixed attenuator
10:1 Fixed Attenuator
Antenna simulator
Connector Adapter UG-684A/U
Test Lead CX-1363/U
Impedance Adapter MX-1487/URM-25D
Couple of fuses and allen wrenches along with a cou[le of connectors.  One a BNC-BNC female type.
Another is an "N" male to female BNC
and a short length of coax with BNC on each end, CG-409/U, actually 2 of them along with the line cord and i think i have the original manual.  If not then i have a copy of it anyway which will be included.

Heavy dude but it has the cover.  It needs some work but i'm not up to it.  I know there are 25D experts out there so have at it.  It's been setting here for a couple of years now unused.  Needs a new home and i need space in the garage for a vehicle.

$125 and shipping from zip 85233

Larry
W0OGH


From densmore at ntl.sympatico.ca  Mon Mar  9 15:04:13 2009
From: densmore at ntl.sympatico.ca (Keith Densmore)
Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2009 15:04:13 -0400
Subject: [Milsurplus] T-368
References: <49B51135.9A7D.0031.0@salisbury.edu>
Message-ID: <67A764DC072B4C06B62BDCEDB917FB59@keitha8b21f77c>

Ray,
you will want to join this group the t-368_BC-610 at yahoogroups.com   A very 
good group.
BTW, make sure your overload protector is set properly---if that clamp tube 
fails, as it did in mine once, you will be glad you did!
Keith
t-368_BC-610 at yahoogroups.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ray Fantini" <rafantini at salisbury.edu>
To: <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>; <mrca at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, March 09, 2009 12:54 PM
Subject: [Milsurplus] T-368


> Why are their handles on the side of the T-368? Is it possible that any 
> group of men can get together and lift it with all the drawers in place? 
> Will the existing handles hold the weight of the transmitter together if 
> you get six or so around it to lift the thing? I have seen the 368 in 
> action years before running teletype in the angry twenty six, and have had 
> the drawers open and tuned the beast but never realized they were that 
> heavy until now that I have bought one. This one is a real basket case 
> with just about every stage being "Ham Hacked" and looks to be about a 
> year long project, by the way anyone have a base assembly for a 368? The 
> last owner removed it and installed casters on the bottom of the case 
> making all seven hundred pounds nice and unstable. Also anyone have any 
> idea what's behind the idea of using a clamper on the PA screen instead of 
> just biasing the PA tube into cut off? Was it to run the PA tube in a more 
> linear state or an attempt to keep the PA voltage
>
>  from floating too high? Or is it just a good way of developing heat when 
> the transmitter is in standby?
> Ray Fantini KA3EKH
>
>
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From bl_6000 at yahoo.com.au  Mon Mar  9 15:19:06 2009
From: bl_6000 at yahoo.com.au (Brad Latta)
Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2009 12:19:06 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Milsurplus] 618S
Message-ID: <918720.83592.qm@web38006.mail.mud.yahoo.com>











?
??????????I am looking for?the part numbers?for the CPC-1 control box (618S) manual section for the control &??
??????????????????????????????????????????????? ?a) Switch ?S3801
???????????????????????????????????????????????? b)?? "???????? S3802
???????????????????????????????????????????????? c)?? "?????????S3803
???????????????????????????????????????????????? d)?? "?????????S3804
???????????????????????????????????????????????? e)?? "???????? S3805
?? 
?????????????????????????????????? &????????????f)??? "???????? R3802
?
I should?be able to?get these surplus (NOS) to make up a control box
?
??????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Regards, Brad





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From ron.k3pid at sbcglobal.net  Mon Mar  9 15:43:58 2009
From: ron.k3pid at sbcglobal.net (Ron.K3PID)
Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2009 14:43:58 -0500
Subject: [Milsurplus] T-368
References: <49B51135.9A7D.0031.0@salisbury.edu>
Message-ID: <30666D1FFA744734A266A66B97578512@CYCLOPS>

Hi Ray! There is a Yahoo group dedicated to the T3 and the BC610 where you might get a bigger response. As for the handles, I always assumed that they are to help manuver the beast on teh base and as for the base, I had to construct mine with teh help of members of teh aformention yahoo group.

If you are interested go to Yahoo.com and click on Yahoo Groups then search on T368....

73 
K3PID
Ron H
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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Ray Fantini 
  To: milsurplus at mailman.qth.net ; mrca at mailman.qth.net 
  Sent: Monday, March 09, 2009 11:54 AM
  Subject: [Milsurplus] T-368


  Why are their handles on the side of the T-368? Is it possible that any group of men can get together and lift it with all the drawers in place? Will the existing handles hold the weight of the transmitter together if you get six or so around it to lift the thing? I have seen the 368 in action years before running teletype in the angry twenty six, and have had the drawers open and tuned the beast but never realized they were that heavy until now that I have bought one. This one is a real basket case with just about every stage being "Ham Hacked" and looks to be about a year long project, by the way anyone have a base assembly for a 368? The last owner removed it and installed casters on the bottom of the case making all seven hundred pounds nice and unstable. Also anyone have any idea what's behind the idea of using a clamper on the PA screen instead of just biasing the PA tube into cut off? Was it to run the PA tube in a more linear state or an attempt to keep the PA voltage
    from floating too high? Or is it just a good way of developing heat when the transmitter is in standby?
  Ray Fantini KA3EKH


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From w4pnt at comcast.net  Mon Mar  9 17:40:01 2009
From: w4pnt at comcast.net (Dee Almquist)
Date: Mon, 09 Mar 2009 17:40:01 -0400
Subject: [Milsurplus] HELP T-631/GRC-14
In-Reply-To: <49B58B4A.4080603@comcast.net>
References: <49B58B4A.4080603@comcast.net>
Message-ID: <49B58CB1.5020003@comcast.net>

Evening Group
> Have just swapped into a GRC-14 station (not complete) but have the 
> power supply. This is my 1st venture into some serious military gear. 
> Seems this transmitter is somewhat rare in the amateur experience 
> (compared w/ GRC-19, etc) and I'm in need of finding individual(s) 
> that has source of info (experience) & parts. I would like to put this 
> station on the air. I contacted Fair Radio & they have some of the 
> plugs, mic, & can copy a manual for me.... for a commercial price. 
> Before investing anything I would like to chat w/ few fellows that 
> have been down this road before.  One ham responded on another list & 
> got me started but who else? Btw, I think I can also get the Rx that 
> goes w/ this station. Unfortunately, its not a R392 but an R-808. I 
> dont have to have that rx but it matches.
>
> Any help appreciated.........
> 73 es Dee
>
>


From wf2u at ws19ops.com  Mon Mar  9 13:11:01 2009
From: wf2u at ws19ops.com (wf2u at ws19ops.com)
Date: Mon, 09 Mar 2009 12:11:01 -0500
Subject: [Milsurplus] [MRCA] T-368
In-Reply-To: <49B51135.9A7D.0031.0@salisbury.edu>
References: <49B51135.9A7D.0031.0@salisbury.edu>
Message-ID: <20090309121101.vih0cmby80kkgoko@webmail.opentransfer.com>


Here is my take on it:
The only mounting modification - if one can call this a modification -  
is installing casters in the existing mounting holes in the skids.
I can move the T-358 by myself, just by pulling out the bottom  
heaviest drawer. I learned to do this also all by myself, and to put  
it back as well.
Without all the drawers, 2 people in good shape can lift/move the  
cabinet using the handles, even without the casters. The drawers can  
be fairly comfortably handled and maneuvered in/out of the cabinet by  
2 men.
So that's why there are handles on the side of the T-368.

So there it is - does anyone have a better explanation?

73 de Meir WF2U
Landrum, SC


Quoting Ray Fantini <rafantini at salisbury.edu>:

> Why are their handles on the side of the T-368? Is it possible that   
> any group of men can get together and lift it with all the drawers   
> in place? Will the existing handles hold the weight of the   
> transmitter together if you get six or so around it to lift the   
> thing? I have seen the 368 in action years before running teletype   
> in the angry twenty six, and have had the drawers open and tuned the  
>  beast but never realized they were that heavy until now that I have  
>  bought one. This one is a real basket case with just about every   
> stage being "Ham Hacked" and looks to be about a year long project,   
> by the way anyone have a base assembly for a 368? The last owner   
> removed it and installed casters on the bottom of the case making   
> all seven hundred pounds nice and unstable. Also anyone have any   
> idea what's behind the idea of using a clamper on the PA screen   
> instead of just biasing the PA tube into cut off? Was it to run the   
> PA tube in a more linear state or an attempt to keep the PA voltage
>   from floating too high? Or is it just a good way of developing   
> heat when the transmitter is in standby?
> Ray Fantini KA3EKH
>
>
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From wf2u at ws19ops.com  Mon Mar  9 15:29:35 2009
From: wf2u at ws19ops.com (wf2u at ws19ops.com)
Date: Mon, 09 Mar 2009 14:29:35 -0500
Subject: [Milsurplus] [MRCA] T-368
Message-ID: <20090309142935.pow62n7l348g4oww@webmail.opentransfer.com>


Here is my take on it:
The only mounting modification - if one can call this a modification -
is installing casters in the existing mounting holes in the skids.
I can move the T-358 by myself, just by pulling out the bottom
heaviest drawer. I learned to do this also all by myself, and to put
it back as well.
Without all the drawers, 2 people in good shape can lift/move the
cabinet using the handles, even without the casters. The drawers can
be fairly comfortably handled and maneuvered in/out of the cabinet by
2 men.
So that's why there are handles on the side of the T-368.

So there it is - does anyone have a better explanation?

73 de Meir WF2U
Landrum, SC


Quoting Ray Fantini <rafantini at salisbury.edu>:

> Why are their handles on the side of the T-368? Is it possible that   
>  any group of men can get together and lift it with all the drawers   
>  in place? Will the existing handles hold the weight of the    
> transmitter together if you get six or so around it to lift the    
> thing? I have seen the 368 in action years before running teletype    
> in the angry twenty six, and have had the drawers open and tuned the  
>   beast but never realized they were that heavy until now that I  
> have   bought one. This one is a real basket case with just about  
> every   stage being "Ham Hacked" and looks to be about a year long  
> project,   by the way anyone have a base assembly for a 368? The  
> last owner   removed it and installed casters on the bottom of the  
> case making   all seven hundred pounds nice and unstable. Also  
> anyone have any   idea what's behind the idea of using a clamper on  
> the PA screen   instead of just biasing the PA tube into cut off?  
> Was it to run the   PA tube in a more linear state or an attempt to  
> keep the PA voltage
>   from floating too high? Or is it just a good way of developing    
> heat when the transmitter is in standby?
> Ray Fantini KA3EKH
>
>
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From wf2u at ws19ops.com  Mon Mar  9 15:49:33 2009
From: wf2u at ws19ops.com (wf2u at ws19ops.com)
Date: Mon, 09 Mar 2009 14:49:33 -0500
Subject: [Milsurplus] [MRCA] T-368
Message-ID: <20090309144933.n50xea0b48owg4ks@webmail.opentransfer.com>


Here is my take on it:
The only mounting modification - if one can call this a modification -
is installing casters in the existing mounting holes in the skids.
I can move the T-358 by myself, just by pulling out the bottom
heaviest drawer. I learned to do this also all by myself, and to put
it back as well.
Without all the drawers, 2 people in good shape can lift/move the
cabinet using the handles, even without the casters. The drawers can
be fairly comfortably handled and maneuvered in/out of the cabinet by
2 men.
So that's why there are handles on the side of the T-368.

So there it is - does anyone have a better explanation?

73 de Meir WF2U
Landrum, SC


Quoting Ray Fantini <rafantini at salisbury.edu>:

> Why are their handles on the side of the T-368? Is it possible that   
>   any group of men can get together and lift it with all the drawers  
>    in place? Will the existing handles hold the weight of the     
> transmitter together if you get six or so around it to lift the     
> thing? I have seen the 368 in action years before running teletype    
>  in the angry twenty six, and have had the drawers open and tuned  
> the    beast but never realized they were that heavy until now that  
> I  have   bought one. This one is a real basket case with just about  
>  every   stage being "Ham Hacked" and looks to be about a year long   
> project,   by the way anyone have a base assembly for a 368? The   
> last owner   removed it and installed casters on the bottom of the   
> case making   all seven hundred pounds nice and unstable. Also   
> anyone have any   idea what's behind the idea of using a clamper on   
> the PA screen   instead of just biasing the PA tube into cut off?   
> Was it to run the   PA tube in a more linear state or an attempt to   
> keep the PA voltage
>   from floating too high? Or is it just a good way of developing     
> heat when the transmitter is in standby?
> Ray Fantini KA3EKH
>
>
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From kyrrin at bluefeathertech.com  Tue Mar 10 01:07:59 2009
From: kyrrin at bluefeathertech.com (Bruce Lane)
Date: Mon, 09 Mar 2009 22:07:59 -0700
Subject: [Milsurplus] New Harris amp acquired
References: <200903082143080502.0F7ECFC8@192.168.42.129>
Message-ID: <200903092207590684.14BBF5A5@192.168.42.129>

Fellow mil-radio fans,

	I've just acquired, from the Puyallup swap meet this past weekend, a nice Harris RF-355 (also known as the AM-7223/URC) half-kilowatt linear amp. It looks like it's in great shape, and I did manage to modify a set of rack rails I had sitting around to fit it.

	I've heard that this unit is pretty well-known, and judging from its quality of construction I can well believe it. With that in mind, I'd like to hear from others who own (or have owned) this unit regarding any "gotchas" I need to look out for. I would also be curious about interfacing techniques for non-Harris radios. 

	As just one example, it would be nice to know how much drive the thing wants. Based on what I know of Harris exciters, I'm guessing around 100mW. If that's the case, I wonder if it's possible to modify it to accept a higher drive level...?

	Thanks much.


-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Bruce Lane, Owner & Head Hardware Heavy,
Blue Feather Technologies -- http://www.bluefeathertech.com
kyrrin (at) bluefeathertech do/t c=o=m
"Quid Malmborg in Plano..."


From mikea at mikea.ath.cx  Tue Mar 10 07:27:27 2009
From: mikea at mikea.ath.cx (mikea)
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 06:27:27 -0500
Subject: [Milsurplus] New Harris amp acquired
In-Reply-To: <200903092207590684.14BBF5A5@192.168.42.129>
References: <200903082143080502.0F7ECFC8@192.168.42.129>
	<200903092207590684.14BBF5A5@192.168.42.129>
Message-ID: <20090310112727.GA49386@mikea.ath.cx>

On Mon, Mar 09, 2009 at 10:07:59PM -0700, Bruce Lane wrote:
> Fellow mil-radio fans,
>
>  I've just acquired, from the Puyallup swap meet this past weekend,
> a nice Harris RF-355 (also known as the AM-7223/URC) half-kilowatt
> linear amp. It looks like it's in great shape, and I did manage to
> modify a set of rack rails I had sitting around to fit it.
>
>  I've heard that this unit is pretty well-known, and judging from its
> quality of construction I can well believe it. With that in mind, I'd
> like to hear from others who own (or have owned) this unit regarding
> any "gotchas" I need to look out for. I would also be curious about
> interfacing techniques for non-Harris radios.
>
>  As just one example, it would be nice to know how much drive the
> thing wants. Based on what I know of Harris exciters, I'm guessing
> around 100mW. If that's the case, I wonder if it's possible to modify
> it to accept a higher drive level...?

Cool catch! I hope you don't wind up eating beans and cornbread or 
potato soup for the rest of the year. 

If all else fails, you could put a high-power resistive divider between
your exciter and the amp, with a tap chosen to provide the 100 mW or so
that the amp probably needs for full output. 

73, de

-- 
Mike Andrews, W5EGO
mikea at mikea.ath.cx
Tired old sysadmin 

From revcom at wbsnet.org  Tue Mar 10 10:54:42 2009
From: revcom at wbsnet.org (Revcom)
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 09:54:42 -0500
Subject: [Milsurplus] New Harris amp acquired
References: <200903082143080502.0F7ECFC8@192.168.42.129>
	<200903092207590684.14BBF5A5@192.168.42.129>
Message-ID: <16018C26AD0846448829F04CAE011613@ROD>

Bruce,
Tried to reply direct but your mail got bounced back.

To keep from having to modify the amp, I would use an attenuator, i.e. dummy 
load with a
sampler port to derive the 100mw necessary, you would be assured of a flat 
50ohm load for the exciter and amp could retain it's 50 ohm input impedance.
Rod K0EQH

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bruce Lane" <kyrrin at bluefeathertech.com>
To: <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
Cc: <harris at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 12:07 AM
Subject: [Milsurplus] New Harris amp acquired


> Fellow mil-radio fans,
>
> I've just acquired, from the Puyallup swap meet this past weekend, a nice 
> Harris RF-355 (also known as the AM-7223/URC) half-kilowatt linear amp. It 
> looks like it's in great shape, and I did manage to modify a set of rack 
> rails I had sitting around to fit it.
>
> I've heard that this unit is pretty well-known, and judging from its 
> quality of construction I can well believe it. With that in mind, I'd like 
> to hear from others who own (or have owned) this unit regarding any 
> "gotchas" I need to look out for. I would also be curious about 
> interfacing techniques for non-Harris radios.
>
> As just one example, it would be nice to know how much drive the thing 
> wants. Based on what I know of Harris exciters, I'm guessing around 100mW. 
> If that's the case, I wonder if it's possible to modify it to accept a 
> higher drive level...?
>
> Thanks much.
>
>
> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
> Bruce Lane, Owner & Head Hardware Heavy,
> Blue Feather Technologies -- http://www.bluefeathertech.com
> kyrrin (at) bluefeathertech do/t c=o=m
> "Quid Malmborg in Plano..."
>
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From TELEGRAPHER at att.net  Tue Mar 10 13:19:49 2009
From: TELEGRAPHER at att.net (TELEGRAPHER at att.net)
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 17:19:49 +0000
Subject: [Milsurplus] Manuals FS
Message-ID: <031020091719.12639.49B6A1350003ED590000315F22243323629B0A02D29B9B0EBFADBAB8AFBEADB9BAB4BAAB@att.net>

T.O. NO. 08-15.3, Army Air Forces Instrument Letdown Procedures, 25 May 1945.  Excellent for $15

T.O. NO. 08-15-3, Army Air Forces Instrument Letdwon Procedures, SPECIAL DISTRIBUTION, 20 May, 1944.  $15

T.O. NO. 08-15-3, Army Air Forces Instrument Letdown Procedures, 1 October 1945.  Excellent $15

T.O. NO. 08-15-2, Army Air Forces Radio Data and Flight Information, 1 Dec. 1944.  Excellent $12

JACSPAC-Joint Army & Navy Radio Facility Charts corrected to June 1, 1945, Volume 3, Number 5.  7th Army Airways Communications System WIng.   This is for the Pacific starting at SFO and going to Okinawa with all the islands in between where there was airfield ro navigation-communications facilities.  A list of Homing Beacons and YG beacons is provided as well as the locations by Lat./Long.  $18

Signal Memo NO. 3, 1945.  Sixth Air Force Radio Facility Charts. This covers Central America and Northern South America.  Assigned to B-24M #400 with lots of Navigators notes penciled in.  15 June 1945. Published by The Signal Officer, Sixth Air Force.  Very good $15

Communications memo NO. 3, 1945, Sixth Air FOrce Radio Facility Charts.  This covers the West coast of South America and was assigned to B-24 #005.  Published by The Air Communications officer.  15 October 1945.  Excellent $18

Technical Order NO. 08-15-4, Army Air Forces Insturment Approach Procedures, 1 March 1945.  $15

Department of Commerce Weekly Notice to Airmen, March 8, 1945.  Covers alphabetically A-N.  Sez that as of March 8, 1945 a bunch of stations will be operational on 116.1 both rec and trans.  Lots of good info and reading in this one.  $15

AIRWAYS FLYING, A handbook for Military Pilots prepared by the Training Aids Division, Army Air Forces, in collaboration with the Flight Control COmmand and with the Civil Aeronautics Administration.  1943.  Excellent $12

RADAR  SITING by AAF Special Staff School, Communications Division, Gunter Field, ALabama.  February 1947.  $10

TM 1-208, Air Navigation Tables, War Department 1 August 1944.  Like new for $18

AACS Manual NO. 1-5, Army Air Forces Headquarters Army Airways Communications System, OPERATIONS, The Ionosphere and High Frequency Direction Finding, 1 May 1944.  All hand typed pages and looks like illustrations were hand drawn as well.  $20

This is a group of three (3).

Technical Order NO. 30-100A-1, Instrument Flying Basic, 1 June 1943.
Technical Order NO. 30-100A-2, Instrument Flying Techniques in Weather
Technical Order NO. 30-100C-1, Instrument Flying Instrument and Trainer, "SPECIAL EDITION for Distribution to all Pilots".  $40 for all three (3).

Message Book M-210-A, Signal Corps, U.S.Army.  I have 7 or 8 or so of thes and theya re all brand new.  Any re-enactors looking for these?  $4 ea.

One of the things i see when i go through these different years of publications is the gradual change in operations and status of facilities.  You can almost see the drawdown begin.  Surprising how many facilities were in use for military aviation.

Postage is extra from 85233. 

Larry
W0OGH



From cosmoline at aa4rm.ba-watch.org  Tue Mar 10 13:18:37 2009
From: cosmoline at aa4rm.ba-watch.org (Marty Reynolds)
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 13:18:37 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [Milsurplus] New Harris amp acquired
In-Reply-To: <20090310112727.GA49386@mikea.ath.cx>
References: <200903082143080502.0F7ECFC8@192.168.42.129><200903092207590684.14BBF5A5@192.168.42.129>
	<20090310112727.GA49386@mikea.ath.cx>
Message-ID: <16618.24.30.81.88.1236705517.squirrel@fracas.netboobie.org>



>>  As just one example, it would be nice to know how much drive the
>> thing wants. Based on what I know of Harris exciters, I'm guessing
>> around 100mW. If that's the case, I wonder if it's possible to modify
>> it to accept a higher drive level...?
>



Hey Mike

It doesn't need a change, you just need a power divider between the
exciter & the amp.

Let's say both exciter out & amp in is 50R

Say you've got 100 ssb watts @ 50R.  First & biggest need is a common
dummy load. That means soaking 70v rms on cw.

100mw @ 50R rms is about 2.1v rms.  The voltage divider should be 35
times 50 ohms, IE about 2K non-inductive ohms.  Power is 70x70/2000,
about 2.5 watts.

Easily done,

Only comm'l power-divider I recall was for driving a Viking desk with
a 100w rig.  Hard to find but easily made gizmo

Or just run the Harris with a throttled-back K6 backpacker or a IC-703

Hope that helps

   Marty aka aa4rm

From smithab11 at comcast.net  Tue Mar 10 15:53:14 2009
From: smithab11 at comcast.net (B. Smith)
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:53:14 -0500
Subject: [Milsurplus] Allen Bradley Type J Specifications
Message-ID: <000501c9a1b9$d97bca00$271cc847@BCXHTR8HVC4P>

Anyone have the specs handy for the wattage rating of 
Allen-Bradley Type J pots?

73

breck k4che

From TELEGRAPHER at att.net  Tue Mar 10 17:34:03 2009
From: TELEGRAPHER at att.net (TELEGRAPHER at att.net)
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 21:34:03 +0000
Subject: [Milsurplus] stuff found
Message-ID: <031020092134.20915.49B6DCCB000A7962000051B322243323629B0A02D29B9B0EBFADBAB8AFBEADB9BAB4BAAB@att.net>



 
Type CRV-23256 Operators Control head for the ARB.  NEW condition. WOW.  $30


NIB Bendix MN-26C Remote control head.  Yes indeed, New In theBOX.  $40

Like new Radio Control box BC-602-A.  One of the "Crown" items.Think this was for the SCR-522, yes, no?  $30 

1 ea Pilots Control box for the GP-7.  Looks pretty good, almost new.  $35 ea.


Found these items packed away in a box out in the garage.  Never know what i'm going to find anymore.  Postage is extra from 85233.



Larry
W0OGH
 

From etgreeley at earthlink.net  Tue Mar 10 17:35:22 2009
From: etgreeley at earthlink.net (Edward Greeley)
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 16:35:22 -0500
Subject: [Milsurplus] Allen Bradley Type J Specifications
In-Reply-To: <000501c9a1b9$d97bca00$271cc847@BCXHTR8HVC4P>
References: <000501c9a1b9$d97bca00$271cc847@BCXHTR8HVC4P>
Message-ID: <49B6DD1A.3000808@earthlink.net>

I do not have an A-B spec sheet to refer to directly, but in several 
Army TMs and Air Force TOs I looked at, the A-B type J pots are 
specified as 2 watt items.


B. Smith wrote:

> Anyone have the specs handy for the wattage rating of 
> Allen-Bradley Type J pots?
> 
> 73
> 
> breck k4che


From pal350 at yahoo.com  Tue Mar 10 18:04:28 2009
From: pal350 at yahoo.com (Mark)
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 15:04:28 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Milsurplus] AM-7223
Message-ID: <781769.49434.qm@web51405.mail.re2.yahoo.com>


Ray et al,

Negative on the 100mw drive level. The AM-7223 is designed for 65 watts drive to reach rated power out. The intended exciter is the RT-1446 transceiver which is a nominal 100W out. However the RT-1446 drive is attenuated somewhat in the amp.

If I didn't have my eggs in the TMC PAL-500 basket, the RF-350K would be 
my choice for a fixed station. Very slick setup. 

--Mark Francis
  KI0PF
Author of "Mil Spec Radio Gear"
Available from CQ, Universal Radio (good price), HRO, Amazon, and others

MSRG Volume 2 on the way, with a section on the RT-1446/AM-7223 (RF-350K)


      

From jupete at bigpond.net.au  Tue Mar 10 20:27:52 2009
From: jupete at bigpond.net.au (Pete Williams)
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 11:27:52 +1100
Subject: [Milsurplus] IKW Dummy loads
Message-ID: <AC3F8F92DE344259939BED5CC1391BA8@redooffice>

G'day all.... recent comment on HF  high power finals has me asking what do
people use for 1 kW dummy loads--- without going the commercial, ready made
way.

Having a 1KW HF tx on the way, tuning up needs a load,-- I do have a
reference in the Radio Handbook Eleventh Edn, page 383.-- Water conduction
dummy load can be made for 1kW--- the recipe is  5 Gallons of water for 1kW
with pieces of #10 copper wire inserted.
Capacitive reactance may be tuned out using the antenna tuner.
Any input and empirical evidence of what and how to absorb up to a  kW for
short periods with 75 ohm impedance  welcomed.
Any suggestions?
Tks 
Pete VK3IZ



From sdaitch at kuw.ibb.gov  Wed Mar 11 03:56:47 2009
From: sdaitch at kuw.ibb.gov (Sheldon Daitch)
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 10:56:47 +0300
Subject: [Milsurplus] [Boatanchors] IKW Dummy loads
In-Reply-To: <AC3F8F92DE344259939BED5CC1391BA8@redooffice>
References: <AC3F8F92DE344259939BED5CC1391BA8@redooffice>
Message-ID: <49B76EBE.9010203@kuw.ibb.gov>

Pete is right about water conduction dummy loads.

Several companies have manufactured soda-water dummy load
systems in the 250 kW and higher power levels, using a column of,
guess what, soda-water, really a salt solution, as the resistive element.

At those power levels, you have to circulate quite a bit of water through
the system and take the heat outside, but it is a very effective dummy load,
and with the proper instrumentation, a relatively accurate power measuring
system.

73
Sheldon

Pete Williams wrote:
> G'day all.... recent comment on HF  high power finals has me asking what do
> people use for 1 kW dummy loads--- without going the commercial, ready made
> way.
>
> Having a 1KW HF tx on the way, tuning up needs a load,-- I do have a
> reference in the Radio Handbook Eleventh Edn, page 383.-- Water conduction
> dummy load can be made for 1kW--- the recipe is  5 Gallons of water for 1kW
> with pieces of #10 copper wire inserted.
> Capacitive reactance may be tuned out using the antenna tuner.
> Any input and empirical evidence of what and how to absorb up to a  kW for
> short periods with 75 ohm impedance  welcomed.
> Any suggestions?
> Tks 
> Pete VK3IZ
>
>
> ______________________________________________________________
> B
>   

From kargo_cult at msn.com  Wed Mar 11 16:02:34 2009
From: kargo_cult at msn.com (Hue Miller)
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 13:02:34 -0700
Subject: [Milsurplus] Milsurplus Digest, Vol 59, Issue 16
In-Reply-To: <mailman.49.1236787208.9848.milsurplus@mailman.qth.net>
References: <mailman.49.1236787208.9848.milsurplus@mailman.qth.net>
Message-ID: <BAY125-W41801F6DA66B3B2D72AD06E49E0@phx.gbl>


Larry, i would like to buy all chart type facility booklets, facility listings. -Hue Miller


 

From Military1944 at aol.com  Wed Mar 11 16:19:50 2009
From: Military1944 at aol.com (Military1944 at aol.com)
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:19:50 EDT
Subject: [Milsurplus] Crystal Test Set Type 193A
Message-ID: <d34.48d8beb7.36e976e6@aol.com>

 
Crystal Test Set Type 193A 
Hi, A friend asked about a 193A set, if anyone can help  with info please 
reply direct to Peter. 
Many thanks, Ben. 
------------------------------------------------------------------- 
Ben, I lately had the opportunity to buy an old "Crystal  Test Set Type 193A" 
,  
For this set I have no manual and no wiring diagram in  order to know how to 
work with it in a proper way . Would you mind to ask your  connections who 
might have some information about this test set ? 
Best  regards, 
Peter 
_Peter.Benze at t-online.de_ (mailto:Peter.Benze at t-online.de)  
---------------------------------------------------------------------

From davprin1 at optusnet.com.au  Wed Mar 11 17:42:43 2009
From: davprin1 at optusnet.com.au (Dave)
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 07:42:43 +1000
Subject: [Milsurplus] Crystal Test Set Type 193A
References: <d34.48d8beb7.36e976e6@aol.com>
Message-ID: <000801c9a292$5080e800$0300a8c0@homemv1kh7ldlj>

Peter, Ben and the group, (I have CC'd this to Peter)

Only info I have on the Type 193A is an article from Radio Bygones June/July
1992.

I also have one of these units and would like a copy any additional info
that may be available, thanks.

Cheers
Dave
VK4KDP

----- Original Message -----
From: <Military1944 at aol.com>
> Crystal Test Set Type 193A
> Hi, A friend asked about a 193A set, if anyone can help  with info please
> reply direct to Peter.
> Many thanks, Ben.



From w1ksz at q.com  Thu Mar 12 22:50:24 2009
From: w1ksz at q.com (RICHARD SOLOMON)
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 02:50:24 +0000
Subject: [Milsurplus] TM 11-690
Message-ID: <BAY130-W28B67DEB625F6751E22D1DE09C0@phx.gbl>


Anyone know where I can get a downloadable copy ?

 

I saw the paper copy on e-Pay.

 

Thanks, Dick, W1KSZ

From prc74b at fuse.net  Thu Mar 12 23:40:17 2009
From: prc74b at fuse.net (Joe Munson)
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 23:40:17 -0400
Subject: [Milsurplus] TM11-250, SCR 288,  BC 474
References: <BAY130-W28B67DEB625F6751E22D1DE09C0@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <F162FB61B45B4A23AFE0F638BBF704E1@your3bf9182263>

Hi All,

Looking for a PDF or other downloadable copy of TM11-250 for a BC 474 I just 
acquired.  Also need to know does the FL 10 need to be used if set it used 
with the GN 44.   I have the Gen Set, but not the Filter.  Anyone having an 
extra filter, I would interested.

Thanks in advance,

Joe Munson
WA4VAG 


From WA5CAB at cs.com  Fri Mar 13 00:03:02 2009
From: WA5CAB at cs.com (WA5CAB at cs.com)
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 00:03:02 EDT
Subject: [Milsurplus] TM11-250, SCR 288,  BC 474
Message-ID: <d3b.3a937b59.36eb34f6@cs.com>

Joe,

I could supply you with a hard copy of TM 11-250 but not with a downloadable 
one.

However, to answer your other question about FL-10, the answer is yes and no. 
 Yes if you want to also operate the receiver off of the GN-44.  No if you 
operate the receiver off of the dry battery.  Also, in order to use FL-10 (if 
you locate one) you must also have Cord CD-125 to connect FL-10 to to GN-44.  
CD-125  is the same as the generator cord coming out of the radio except has the 
4-pin male plug both ends.

In a message dated 3/12/2009 9:40:30 PM Central Standard Time, 
prc74b at fuse.net writes: 
> Hi All,
> 
> Looking for a PDF or other downloadable copy of TM11-250 for a BC 474 I just 
> 
> acquired.  Also need to know does the FL 10 need to be used if set it used 
> with the GN 44.   I have the Gen Set, but not the Filter.  Anyone having an 
> extra filter, I would interested.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Joe Munson
> WA4VAG 
> 

Robert & Susan Downs - Houston
wa5cab dot com (Web Store)
MVPA 9480

From cosmoline at aa4rm.ba-watch.org  Fri Mar 13 08:57:53 2009
From: cosmoline at aa4rm.ba-watch.org (Marty Reynolds)
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 08:57:53 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [Milsurplus] WW2 GI radio accy.s
In-Reply-To: <016601c9a398$220e9fb0$0502a8c0@BRIAN1>
References: <016601c9a398$220e9fb0$0502a8c0@BRIAN1>
Message-ID: <6677.24.30.81.88.1236949073.squirrel@fracas.netboobie.org>


Came up with following while rental house bsmt cleaning

  "Connection kit" for RBB/C to RDU panoramic adapters.  one
  complete kit plus 2nd gray manual & cathode follower module

  SCR-522A noise limiter.  One complete kit with install
  paper.  Plus 2nd main  module but w/o bathtub cap & mount
  component.

  Probable same as above for BC-639.  Has same 12H6.  Also
  has rotary wafer switch not found on above.  There's a
  Bendix inspection tag that's big clue.  But no paper

    Marty


From jcoward5452 at aol.com  Fri Mar 13 15:26:39 2009
From: jcoward5452 at aol.com (jcoward5452 at aol.com)
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:26:39 -0400
Subject: [Milsurplus] WTB RAX-1 items
Message-ID: <8CB7228C419FD20-CA4-13E@FWM-D08.sysops.aol.com>

Greetings All,
 I am interested in a few items for a newly arrived RAX-1:

 dynamotor
 mounting rack/shock mount
 power connector
 headset jack
 manual,original or copy
 some hardware (some screws are missing from the bottom cover

I have yet to open this one up but should have it inspected by tonight 
for other possible needs.i've never had one of these before and have 
only read what is on Mike Hanz' excellent site.

Thanks,
            Jay KE6PPF

From jcoward5452 at aol.com  Fri Mar 13 21:17:53 2009
From: jcoward5452 at aol.com (jcoward5452 at aol.com)
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 21:17:53 -0400
Subject: [Milsurplus] [ARC5] WTB RAX-1 items
In-Reply-To: <D58B834FB6FB46269608DC19B6CBDBE2@Brian80gig>
References: <8CB7228C419FD20-CA4-13E@FWM-D08.sysops.aol.com>
	<D58B834FB6FB46269608DC19B6CBDBE2@Brian80gig>
Message-ID: <8CB7259D565F7A2-9E0-16DF@WEBMAIL-MY25.sysops.aol.com>

Thanks Rich for your reply,
  I've got it opened up and I see some non original wireing.Two small 
guage wires to the rear connector and an "after market" (read Ham 
modification) audio transformer mounted on the right side panel.I just 
don't think GE would use an open frame audio transformer.Hopefully all 
this is either useable as is or easily returned to "original". Other 
than these observations the receiver looks un modified and in very good 
condition.Seems like 12SK7's were popular back then!There's 5!
  Thanks again for your encouragement.I would like to do a side by side 
with my ARB.
 Jay KE6PPF


-----Original Message-----
From: richard <richardschumann at comcast.net>
To: arc5 at mailman.qth.net; milsurplus at mailman.qth.net; 
jcoward5452 at aol.com
Sent: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 5:56 pm
Subject: Re: [ARC5] WTB RAX-1 items


Hi Jay,?
?
I've had one of these for over 20 years...built a little power supply 
on the back...no manual, sri.?
?
It's just sitting on the floor now, no room on the operating table. 
Needs caps replaced, but I was impressed at how sensitive it is.?
?
Neat little rig.....you will enjoy, no doubt!?
?
Richard kn7sfz?
?'
----- Original Message ----- From: <jcoward5452 at aol.com>?
To: <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>; <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>?
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 12:26 PM?
Subject: [ARC5] WTB RAX-1 items?
?
> Greetings All,?
> I am interested in a f
ew items for a newly arrived RAX-1:?
>?
> dynamotor?
> mounting rack/shock mount?
> power connector?
> headset jack?
> manual,original or copy?
> some hardware (some screws are missing from the bottom cover?
>?
> I have yet to open this one up but should have it inspected by 
tonight?
> for other possible needs.i've never had one of these before and have?
> only read what is on Mike Hanz' excellent site.?
>?
> Thanks,?
> Jay KE6PPF?
> ______________________________________________________________?
> ARC5 mailing list?
> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/arc5?
> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm?
> Post: mailto:ARC5 at mailman.qth.net?
>?
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From olegerityincj at austin.rr.com  Fri Mar 13 22:37:10 2009
From: olegerityincj at austin.rr.com (John Hutchins)
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 21:37:10 -0500
Subject: [Milsurplus] Just Planning - Need  Suggestions;
 a source to refit and refurbish Dynamotor Commutator & Brushes
Message-ID: <49BB1856.7080408@austin.rr.com>

Anyone -
Have two dynamotors that will need Commutator smoothover ; and Brushes 
soon.  One may need a new Commutator since there are visitable humps and 
groves when looking at the profile.  Any suggestions for a source able 
to refit and refurbish these old Dynamotors?

Thanks I will hang up and listen.
Hutch

From n9zsv at magtel.com  Sat Mar 14 00:12:54 2009
From: n9zsv at magtel.com (Gary Pewitt)
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 23:12:54 -0500
Subject: [Milsurplus] Just Planning - Need  Suggestions;
 a source  to refit and refurbish Dynamotor Commutator & Brushes
In-Reply-To: <49BB1856.7080408@austin.rr.com>
References: <49BB1856.7080408@austin.rr.com>
Message-ID: <200903140413.n2E4D2im026658@mail929c35.nsolutionszone.com>

Try a shop that rebuilds electric motors.  Even auto starter motors.
73  Gary N9ZSV


At 09:37 PM 3/13/2009, John Hutchins wrote:
>Anyone -
>Have two dynamotors that will need Commutator smoothover ; and Brushes
>soon.  One may need a new Commutator since there are visitable humps and
>groves when looking at the profile.  Any suggestions for a source able
>to refit and refurbish these old Dynamotors?
>
>Thanks I will hang up and listen.
>Hutch
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Gary Pewitt  N9ZSV   garypewitt at centurytel.net  479 675 4376
1500 French Prairie Rd. Booneville, Arkansas  72927
Sturgeon's Law "Ninety percent of everything is crap."
Pewitt's Law: But it's that other 10% that makes life worth living."



From TELEGRAPHER at att.net  Sat Mar 14 00:21:32 2009
From: TELEGRAPHER at att.net (TELEGRAPHER at att.net)
Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2009 04:21:32 +0000
Subject: [Milsurplus] Tom, NATO-OPS
Message-ID: <031420090421.19507.49BB30CC000E5CB600004C3322193100029B0A02D29B9B0EBFADBAB8AFBEADB9BAB4BAAB@att.net>

Tom,

I have lost your email address.  It's gotten away.  Please contact me.

Thanks all

Larry
W0OGH


From robandpj at earthlink.net  Sat Mar 14 05:14:59 2009
From: robandpj at earthlink.net (Robert Flory)
Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2009 05:14:59 -0400
Subject: [Milsurplus] FM set crystals on ebay
Message-ID: <410-2200936149145962@earthlink.net>

360138248451

Rob Flory

From dave at wpaperman.com  Sat Mar 14 14:04:12 2009
From: dave at wpaperman.com (Dave)
Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2009 13:04:12 -0500
Subject: [Milsurplus] FS: Harris R.F. Comm manuals
Message-ID: <49BBF19C.9020503@wpaperman.com>

Clearing out duplicates. Some of these models have MIL equivalents. All 
are in excellent condition. Some may have notes on pages.

All items FOB 77328.

1. Harris RF-280 1.5 - 80 MHz HF-VHF transceiver, PM-1330D complete 
installation and maintenance   manual $25.00.

2. RF-201 Courier, Controller HF Transceiver Series, TP-0004D with 
updates and instruction manual.  $10.00

3. RF-110A Radio Frequency Amplifier and RF-112A Power Supply. 
Instruction manual with maintenance and schematics:  $20.00

4. RF-3500 Harris Adaptive ARQ Terminal, Instruction and maintenance: $15.00

5. RF-2200M HF-SSB Radiotelephone system includes CU-822 Coupler: $10.00

6. RF-530 General Purpose Receiver: Maintenance and operation: $15.00

7. RF-7800 series High-Band VHF Porta-Phone (HT) series: $5.00

8. ST-1550 Series VHF-FM radios (mobile): $5.00

9. ST-1550 Series Base Station (2 available): $7.00 ea.

10. RF-220/220M HF/SSB transceiver maintenance manual: $10.00

11. Series 1525 radios: $5.00

12. RF-103A 1KW Linear Power Amplifier: $10.00

13. RF-1205 Antenna Coupler: $10.00

14. Modular Antenna Couplers CU-204,210,211: $10.00


Dave, W5WP

From dave at wpaperman.com  Sat Mar 14 23:48:10 2009
From: dave at wpaperman.com (Dave)
Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2009 22:48:10 -0500
Subject: [Milsurplus] Harris RF Com manual
Message-ID: <49BC7A7A.9070506@wpaperman.com>

Thanks to those who responded.

All the manuals have found new homes.

Dave, W5WP

From mcenfalz at humboldt1.com  Sun Mar 15 01:07:35 2009
From: mcenfalz at humboldt1.com (Laura and Jim)
Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2009 22:07:35 -0700
Subject: [Milsurplus] BC-348 parts on the ePlace
Message-ID: <E2CB62AE624C49B69909D34618C315AF@HomePC>

BC-348 Resistor
150331635428
Looks like the ones in my rig

No looks to seller, etc
Cheers!

Jim Falls
KG6FWT
Eureka, CA

From robandpj at earthlink.net  Sun Mar 15 08:31:28 2009
From: robandpj at earthlink.net (Robert Flory)
Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2009 08:31:28 -0400
Subject: [Milsurplus] MBF picture wanted
Message-ID: <410-220093015123128265@earthlink.net>

Hi,

Does anyone have an example of a Navy MBF with the front covers on?  I could use a picture for my web site, which is now under reconstruction.  My MBF is missing the front covers.

Lots of VHF equipment to come.....

Rob Flory

From kn4hhptc at yahoo.com  Sun Mar 15 11:21:49 2009
From: kn4hhptc at yahoo.com (Robert Watson)
Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2009 08:21:49 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Milsurplus] COL-52286 (AKA ATC, ART-13, etc.)
Message-ID: <3976.55964.qm@web111512.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>


Good day, all.  I have a Navy version of the ART-13.  It is a COL-52286 S/N 1952A.  Before I begin to restore it, I want to make sure there is no major diference in circuitry and operation between this model and others.  I have what I will call the generic ART-13 manual from BAMA.  Should this manual be close enough to use for component identification and basic operation?

Many thanks for any comments.
73, Bob, KN4HH near Atlanta, GA


      

From WA5CAB at cs.com  Sun Mar 15 11:57:10 2009
From: WA5CAB at cs.com (WA5CAB at cs.com)
Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2009 11:57:10 EDT
Subject: [Milsurplus] COL-52286 (AKA ATC, ART-13, etc.)
Message-ID: <cb5.50c1996a.36ee7f56@cs.com>

Bob,

COL-52286 became T-47/ART-13 mainly by changing the nameplate.  At the same 
time or about the same time, the shock mount was changed from the twin rail to 
the upper and lower sheet metal version.  Around the time of the change, the 
mechanical coupling in the antenna select vacuum switch actuator was changed.  
And all of the T-47's I've had have the later version CFI (as do most 
52286's).  Otherwise the T-47 documentation works for the 52286.

If the generic manual that you have is for the AN/ART-13A, or AN/ART-13A and 
AN/ART-13B, the T-47A has some differences that could cause confusion.  The 
manual you want to use (assuming you don't have the final ATC one) will say both 
ATC and AN/ART-13.  It may also say AN/ART-13A depending upon revision date.

The other possible confusion point is the LF oscillator.  If your transmitter 
has the blanking unit, no problem.  If it has one that either has no 
nomenclature or says on the side O-16/ART-13 you're OK.  If it says O-17/ART-13A, it's 
a different unit and may not match the manual that matches the transmitter.  
I mention this because either one will work in all the transmitters except 
T-412/ART-13B and the O-17 were far more plentiful and someone in the past may 
have been hoping to get on 160 and bought and installed one of the O-17's.

In a message dated 3/15/2009 9:22:00 AM Central Standard Time, 
kn4hhptc at yahoo.com writes: 
> Good day, all.  I have a Navy version of the ART-13.  It is a COL-52286 S/N 
> 1952A.  Before I begin to restore it, I want to make sure there is no major 
> diference in circuitry and operation between this model and others.  I have 
> what I will call the generic ART-13 manual from BAMA.  Should this manual be 
> close enough to use for component identification and basic operation?

Robert Downs - Houston
wa5cab dot com (Web Store)
MVPA 9480

From cosmoline at aa4rm.ba-watch.org  Tue Mar 17 07:59:08 2009
From: cosmoline at aa4rm.ba-watch.org (Marty Reynolds)
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 07:59:08 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [Milsurplus] Interphone amp, 12V, CMX50128, contr xyz41
Message-ID: <2632.24.30.81.88.1237291148.squirrel@fracas.netboobie.org>

Cute thing emerged.  Has dyno & 3 12A6s (awol of course)

If I bet it was a pre-war Catalina* piece, wud I be close?

Quartermasters, 10-hut!  Pse set set record straight srs K5FF
or AAFradio or WA5CAB

   Marty aka AA4RM

* 26 mi.s across the sea




From cosmoline at aa4rm.ba-watch.org  Tue Mar 17 08:03:27 2009
From: cosmoline at aa4rm.ba-watch.org (Marty Reynolds)
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 08:03:27 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [Milsurplus] BC-611 on silvery screen
Message-ID: <2738.24.30.81.88.1237291407.squirrel@fracas.netboobie.org>

TWO golf course sightings in Pat & Mike, 1952.  Tracy, Ray,
Hepburn

Case drilled for wire lead to, I guess, unseen battery pack.
Gasp

Happy St. Paddy's




From AAF-Radio-1 at aafradio.org  Tue Mar 17 08:21:33 2009
From: AAF-Radio-1 at aafradio.org (Mike Hanz)
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 08:21:33 -0400
Subject: [Milsurplus] Interphone amp, 12V, CMX50128, contr xyz41
In-Reply-To: <2632.24.30.81.88.1237291148.squirrel@fracas.netboobie.org>
References: <2632.24.30.81.88.1237291148.squirrel@fracas.netboobie.org>
Message-ID: <49BF95CD.3080009@aafradio.org>

Marty Reynolds wrote:

>Cute thing emerged.  Has dyno & 3 12A6s (awol of course)
>
>If I bet it was a pre-war Catalina* piece, wud I be close?
>

Nah - it's for the TCS.  Grab the manual at 
http://cgi.ebay.com.hk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220331563319   
(Heh, heh, heh...)


From arc5 at ix.netcom.com  Tue Mar 17 10:47:00 2009
From: arc5 at ix.netcom.com (David Stinson)
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 09:47:00 -0500
Subject: [Milsurplus] Need Original Manual: AWA AR-8/AT-5
Message-ID: <CF9AFE2BEE6E44CB8CC2C0B14A1A67E4@boudreaux>

Need original manual for Australian Wireless AT-5 / AR-8 units.
These have just GOT to get back on the air.  
Very cool radios.
No copies, please.  Trades?  
Thanks,
Dave AB5S

 http://www.vk2bv.org/radio/ar8.htm

From wf2u at ws19ops.com  Tue Mar 17 11:00:12 2009
From: wf2u at ws19ops.com (wf2u at ws19ops.com)
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 10:00:12 -0500
Subject: [Milsurplus] Need Original Manual: AWA AR-8/AT-5
In-Reply-To: <CF9AFE2BEE6E44CB8CC2C0B14A1A67E4@boudreaux>
References: <CF9AFE2BEE6E44CB8CC2C0B14A1A67E4@boudreaux>
Message-ID: <20090317100012.3w7xh0i0vcoks844@webmail.opentransfer.com>

Dave,

Very cool! I like Commonwealth military radio "kit" myself!

You may be better off posting the request to the Wireless Set 19 group  
as there are many Oz/UK members there. Or I can post it for you. I'm  
also a member of the UK VMARS (Vintage Military Amateur Radio Society)  
and can post your request there as well.
  When you get the set on the air, I'll listen for it with my  
Australian AR7 receiver (WW2 vintage Oz manufactured RAAF HRO type  
receiver).

73, Meir WF2U
Landrum, SC

Quoting David Stinson <arc5 at ix.netcom.com>:

> Need original manual for Australian Wireless AT-5 / AR-8 units.
> These have just GOT to get back on the air.
> Very cool radios.
> No copies, please.  Trades?
> Thanks,
> Dave AB5S
>
>  http://www.vk2bv.org/radio/ar8.htm
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From WA5CAB at cs.com  Tue Mar 17 11:40:52 2009
From: WA5CAB at cs.com (WA5CAB at cs.com)
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 11:40:52 EDT
Subject: [Milsurplus] Interphone amp, 12V, CMX50128, contr xyz41
Message-ID: <c64.424dd8c4.36f11e84@cs.com>

As Miike said, it's a TCS accessory, for crew-served vehicles with interphone 
systems.  Used in LVT's (Alligator) that were equipped with the TCS.  I've 
supplied a couple for that purpose, one in an LVT-2 and I forget where the other 
one went.  But used by USMC.  The somewhat similar RL-5, 6 & 7 were the 
aircraft ones.  There was also a CMX-50128A, almost identical.  If the one you have 
has a dynamotor on it, it must have been in service as for some strange 
reason they didn't ship with the dynamotor.  At first glance, they look like the 
ARA or either of the RAT dynamotors would work but they don't because the pins 
on the dynamotor plug on the back deck don't stick up high enough.  And there 
is a dynamotor that has been showing up on eBay for the past couple of years 
that looks like it should fit but doesn't quite.  Although I adapted two of the 
amps to use them.

In a message dated 3/17/2009 6:05:03 AM Central Standard Time, 
cosmoline at aa4rm.ba-watch.org writes: 
> 
> Cute thing emerged.  Has dyno &3 12A6s (awol of course)
> 
> If I bet it was a pre-war Catalina* piece, wud I be close?
> 
> Quartermasters, 10-hut!  Pse set set record straight srs K5FF
> or AAFradio or WA5CAB
> 

Robert Downs - Houston
wa5cab dot com (Web Store)
MVPA 9480

From w8au at sssnet.com  Tue Mar 17 11:57:28 2009
From: w8au at sssnet.com (w8au at sssnet.com)
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 11:57:28 -0400
Subject: [Milsurplus] Interphone amp, 12V, CMX50128, contr xyz41
In-Reply-To: <c64.424dd8c4.36f11e84@cs.com>
References: <c64.424dd8c4.36f11e84@cs.com>
Message-ID: <20090317155734.4E22F3738580@mailman.qth.net>

At 11:40 AM 3/17/2009, WA5CAB at cs.com wrote:
>As Miike said, it's a TCS accessory, for crew-served vehicles with interphone
>systems.  Used in LVT's (Alligator) that were equipped with the TCS.  I've
>supplied a couple for that purpose, one in an LVT-2 and I forget 
>where the other
>one went.

Tom Price's LVT-4 (Toledo)? .... w8au

>But used by USMC.  The somewhat similar RL-5, 6 & 7 were the
>aircraft ones.  There was also a CMX-50128A, almost identical.  If 
>the one you have
>has a dynamotor on it, it must have been in service as for some strange
>reason they didn't ship with the dynamotor.  At first glance, they 
>look like the
>ARA or either of the RAT dynamotors would work but they don't 
>because the pins
>on the dynamotor plug on the back deck don't stick up high enough.  And there
>is a dynamotor that has been showing up on eBay for the past couple of years
>that looks like it should fit but doesn't quite.  Although I adapted 
>two of the
>amps to use them.


From WA5CAB at cs.com  Tue Mar 17 12:36:53 2009
From: WA5CAB at cs.com (WA5CAB at cs.com)
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 12:36:53 EDT
Subject: [Milsurplus] Interphone amp, 12V, CMX50128, contr xyz41
Message-ID: <cca.4988187a.36f12ba5@cs.com>

Right.

In a message dated 3/17/2009 9:58:10 AM Central Standard Time, 
w8au at sssnet.com writes: 
> >As Miike said, it's a TCS accessory, for crew-served vehicles with 
> interphone
> >systems.  Used in LVT's (Alligator) that were equipped with the TCS.  I've
> >supplied a couple for that purpose, one in an LVT-2 and I forget 
> >where the other
> >one went.
> 
> Tom Price's LVT-4 (Toledo)? .... w8au
> 
> >But used by USMC.  The somewhat similar RL-5, 6 &7 were the
> >aircraft ones.  There was also a CMX-50128A, almost identical.  If 
> >the one you have
> >has a dynamotor on it, it must have been in service as for some strange
> >reason they didn't ship with the dynamotor.  At first glance, they 
> >look like the
> >ARA or either of the RAT dynamotors would work but they don't 
> >because the pins
> >on the dynamotor plug on the back deck don't stick up high enough.  And 
> there
> >is a dynamotor that has been showing up on eBay for the past couple of 
> years
> >that looks like it should fit but doesn't quite.  Although I adapted 
> >two of the
> 

Robert & Susan Downs - Houston
wa5cab dot com (Web Store)
MVPA 9480

From w5jdy at intergate.com  Tue Mar 17 22:54:38 2009
From: w5jdy at intergate.com (Joe Walden)
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:54:38 -0600
Subject: [Milsurplus] Reflector member
Message-ID: <000901c9a774$e0b9fce0$a0016144@ok.cox.net>

>From Joe w5jdy in Okla.   I have been trying to contact Marty Reynolds
cosmoline at netboobie.org     about some items he has for sale but have had no
success.   Maybe his spam filter is causing it.     If someone has any
information that would help me get in touch with him like a phone number or
another email address please contact me direct at     w5jdy at intergate.com
or my phone number is    405-321-4717  Thanks Joe


From n7rk at cox.net  Tue Mar 17 22:03:20 2009
From: n7rk at cox.net (David Hollander)
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 19:03:20 -0700
Subject: [Milsurplus] Reflector member
In-Reply-To: <000901c9a774$e0b9fce0$a0016144@ok.cox.net>
References: <000901c9a774$e0b9fce0$a0016144@ok.cox.net>
Message-ID: <49C05668.2020403@cox.net>

Hi Joe - I saw a message from him this morning.

This was the address he had:

cosmoline at aa4rm.ba-watch.org

GL es 73,

Dave N7RK
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Phoenix, Arizona         *DXCC Honor Roll*    *WAZ#22 - 75 Meter SSB*

ex-XE2/N7RK, N7RK/ZB2, VK2ERK, ZM0AJN, WB6NRK, WN6IWX

Boatanchor and Antique Radio Collector


From kargo_cult at msn.com  Wed Mar 18 16:15:42 2009
From: kargo_cult at msn.com (Hue Miller)
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 13:15:42 -0700
Subject: [Milsurplus] MO/ MAK
In-Reply-To: <mailman.57.1237392007.12056.milsurplus@mailman.qth.net>
References: <mailman.57.1237392007.12056.milsurplus@mailman.qth.net>
Message-ID: <BAY125-W565BA2D9D7BEA8E5667425E4990@phx.gbl>



 Anyone seen any SPECIFIC vehicle the Navy MO or MAK was listed

for? I would guess it would be in places where you later saw the SCR-610

and such. -Hue Miller 

From WA5CAB at cs.com  Wed Mar 18 17:06:25 2009
From: WA5CAB at cs.com (WA5CAB at cs.com)
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:06:25 EDT
Subject: [Milsurplus] FA-8968 PPI display
Message-ID: <c27.58d7bfea.36f2bc51@cs.com>

Does anyone have any manuals of schematics for the FA-8968 PPI display? 

Robert Downs - Houston
wa5cab dot com (Web Store)
MVPA 9480

From spike.dennis at yahoo.com  Wed Mar 18 18:36:35 2009
From: spike.dennis at yahoo.com (Spike Dennis)
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 15:36:35 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Milsurplus] Midwestern & West Coast Green Radio net(black & haze
	grey also ok).
Message-ID: <733415.9270.qm@web45704.mail.sp1.yahoo.com>


Where: 3996 usb/am
When: every Wednesday night at 21:00 central.
Why: because we like too.

We start at 21:00cst(09:00pm for the civies) & run for one hour. We then turn it over to the West Coast guys at 21:00pst.
We've had three successful trial nets so far. No, it doesn't really matter what your operating, or where your located, all are welcome to join in our very informal get together.

AM operation is welcome when there is no QSO in progress on the opposite sideband. AM transmitters must be on frequency.

KB0SFP


      


From smithab11 at comcast.net  Wed Mar 18 23:40:29 2009
From: smithab11 at comcast.net (B. Smith)
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 22:40:29 -0500
Subject: [Milsurplus] Midwestern & West Coast Green Radio net(black &
	hazegrey also ok).
References: <733415.9270.qm@web45704.mail.sp1.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <000701c9a844$73170220$271cc847@BCXHTR8HVC4P>

Great net, excellent conditions.
Thanks
Dennis

Breck k4che

Subject: [Milsurplus] Midwestern & West Coast Green Radio net(black & 
hazegrey also ok).


|
| Where: 3996 usb/am
| When: every Wednesday night at 21:00 central.
| Why: because we like too.
| .html 


From Military1944 at aol.com  Thu Mar 19 05:19:45 2009
From: Military1944 at aol.com (Military1944 at aol.com)
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 05:19:45 EDT
Subject: [Milsurplus] Right biased S meter
Message-ID: <c04.58d700c9.36f36831@aol.com>

Right biased S meter
 
 
A friends has asked:
..............................................................
In the meantime I have got information that a  S-meter from NC-125 National 
would fit very well and it is right biased.The  current in that meter is 100?A. 
 
Would you please be so kind and ask your group  whether one can help? 
Regards, Peter  
.............................................................
 
If you can help Peter with obtaining a right biased S meter, aka S-36 etc, 
then contact him direct at::   _Peter.Benze at t-online.de_ 
(mailto:Peter.Benze at t-online.de) 

Many thanks. Ben. G4BXD

From revcom at wbsnet.org  Thu Mar 19 11:03:32 2009
From: revcom at wbsnet.org (Revcom)
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 10:03:32 -0500
Subject: [Milsurplus] Midwestern & West Coast Green Radio net(black &
	hazegrey also ok).
References: <733415.9270.qm@web45704.mail.sp1.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <B06B81387F1442B7B8C01DE32E022DA0@ROD>

Dennis,

Good net!  Hope to get my 'green' radio running so can be -orginal-, hi.

Rod
K0EQH

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Spike Dennis" <spike.dennis at yahoo.com>
To: <Milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
Cc: <milpack at yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 5:36 PM
Subject: [Milsurplus] Midwestern & West Coast Green Radio net(black & 
hazegrey also ok).


>
> Where: 3996 usb/am
> When: every Wednesday night at 21:00 central.
> Why: because we like too.
>
> We start at 21:00cst(09:00pm for the civies) & run for one hour. We then 
> turn it over to the West Coast guys at 21:00pst.
> We've had three successful trial nets so far. No, it doesn't really matter 
> what your operating, or where your located, all are welcome to join in our 
> very informal get together.
>
> AM operation is welcome when there is no QSO in progress on the opposite 
> sideband. AM transmitters must be on frequency.
>
> KB0SFP
>
>
>
>
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From dedsall at crocker.com  Fri Mar 20 20:04:07 2009
From: dedsall at crocker.com (David Edsall)
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 20:04:07 -0400
Subject: [Milsurplus] FS: Technical manuals for green radios
Message-ID: <95A1BC6BA87D43058CD32B262CBFA89A@DavidPC>

Greetings all!
The following manuals are surplus to my needs.
Shipping will be calculated for each sale, and can be combined, of course.
First come, first served ...
Thanks and 73,
David  W1TDD

TM 11-5820-529-15.  Operator, Organizational, Direct and General Support, 
and Depot Maintenance Manual for Transceiver RT-718/FRC-93 (Collins Model 
KWM-2 and -2A) and Power Supply PP-3990/FRC-93 (Collins Model PM-2).  June 
1964
Includes schematics for KWM-2(A) transceiver, 515F-2 & PM-2 power supplies. 
Excellent.  $15.00

Navships 93883.  USM-118S Electron Tube Test Set: Calibration, Operation, 
Circuit theory & description, and Maintenance.  published by Hickok, dated 3 
April 1961.  Good, used, clean pages.  $10.00

Navships 0967-113-6050.  Technical Manual, Tube Test Conditions for Tube 
Test Programming Card Kit MK-827/USM-118, u/w AN/USM-118A & USM-118B 
Electron Tube Test Sets.  Describes card kits and contains tube test 
conditions for all tube types tested.  Excellent.  $10.00, or both for 
$16.00.

Navships 92465(A), USAF T.O. 33A1-13-9-21.  Technical Manual for 
Oscilloscope AN/USM--24C.  Dates December 1956.  Includes Supplement dates 
November 1956 and TB 11-6625-224-35/1 Calibration Procedure for the 'scope. 
All you need to know and then some if you have one of these o-scopes.  Firm 
cover.  Excellent. $20.

Navships 91435.  Instruction Book for Tube Tester TV-3A/U, dated 31 March 
1951.  Operation and Maintenance, with Schematics.  Tube Test Data.  Good 
cover, clean pages.  $15.00

TM 11-625.  Radio Sets SCR-543-A/-B/-C [ BC-669-(*) ], dated January 1944. 
All you need if you have one of these nice radio sets.  Excellent.  $10.00 
(more than one copy available).

TM 11-855 / TO 31R1-2URR-161.  Radio Receiver R-389/URR, dated August 1955. 
The works, including organizational and field maintenance, plus Changes 3, 5 
& 6.  Excellent.  $20.00.



From olegerityincj at austin.rr.com  Fri Mar 20 20:34:11 2009
From: olegerityincj at austin.rr.com (John Hutchins)
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 19:34:11 -0500
Subject: [Milsurplus] ARR15A/R105A need OSC can shield
Message-ID: <49C43603.5070600@austin.rr.com>

Group  -

Looking ahead several months out to an restoration of an ARR-15A/R105A -
I am in need of an HF OSC TUBE CAN to cover the glass tube used in the 
HF OSC.
Rattle your junk box please. And reply off list.

Thanks
Hutch

From w8mnq at comcast.net  Sat Mar 21 13:16:38 2009
From: w8mnq at comcast.net (Bob Richmond)
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 13:16:38 -0400
Subject: [Milsurplus] Value of WWII BC-342 ????
Message-ID: <A2CEF3A8212B477986FD681D1BE931EE@ValuedCustomPC>

Subject line says it all.....

bob - w8mnq

From wf2u at ws19ops.com  Sat Mar 21 13:50:59 2009
From: wf2u at ws19ops.com (Meir WF2U)
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 13:50:59 -0400
Subject: [Milsurplus] Value of WWII BC-342 ????
In-Reply-To: <A2CEF3A8212B477986FD681D1BE931EE@ValuedCustomPC>
References: <A2CEF3A8212B477986FD681D1BE931EE@ValuedCustomPC>
Message-ID: <AF49C38C967A4059B5E3BDFAF10CF4DA@MBDCONSULTING.LOCAL>

It doesn't say it all...

The value depends on the condition it is in. The bottom of the scale is "how
much would you pay me to haul it away" to a couple of hundred + $ if in good
condition - working and cosmetic and unmodified, and even higher if it's in
practically or truly in new or as new, and working condition. The scale is
quite wide...

73, Meir WF2U
Landrum, SC



-----Original Message-----
From: milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Bob Richmond
Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2009 1:17 PM
To: MILSURPLUS REFLECTOR
Subject: [Milsurplus] Value of WWII BC-342 ????

Subject line says it all.....

bob - w8mnq
______________________________________________________________


From al at ar88.net  Sat Mar 21 19:38:36 2009
From: al at ar88.net (Al Klase)
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 19:38:36 -0400
Subject: [Milsurplus] Value of WWII BC-342 ????
In-Reply-To: <AF49C38C967A4059B5E3BDFAF10CF4DA@MBDCONSULTING.LOCAL>
References: <A2CEF3A8212B477986FD681D1BE931EE@ValuedCustomPC>
	<AF49C38C967A4059B5E3BDFAF10CF4DA@MBDCONSULTING.LOCAL>
Message-ID: <49C57A7C.9080602@ar88.net>

AND, I might add, "working properly" is a real issue as there are leaky
Micamolds in each of the front-end compartments. and they're a real bear
to get to.  It's not an easy restoration like a seeming similar BC-348.

My two cent,
Al

Meir WF2U wrote:
> It doesn't say it all...
>
> The value depends on the condition it is in. The bottom of the scale is "how
> much would you pay me to haul it away" to a couple of hundred + $ if in good
> condition - working and cosmetic and unmodified, and even higher if it's in
> practically or truly in new or as new, and working condition. The scale is
> quite wide...
>
> 73, Meir WF2U
> Landrum, SC
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Bob Richmond
> Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2009 1:17 PM
> To: MILSURPLUS REFLECTOR
> Subject: [Milsurplus] Value of WWII BC-342 ????
>
> Subject line says it all.....
>
> bob - w8mnq
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>   

-- 
Al Klase - N3FRQ
Jersey City, NJ
http://www.skywaves.ar88.net/



From w7qho at aol.com  Sat Mar 21 21:53:37 2009
From: w7qho at aol.com (mac)
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 18:53:37 -0700
Subject: [Milsurplus] Value of WWII BC-342 ????
In-Reply-To: <49C57A7C.9080602@ar88.net>
References: <A2CEF3A8212B477986FD681D1BE931EE@ValuedCustomPC>
	<AF49C38C967A4059B5E3BDFAF10CF4DA@MBDCONSULTING.LOCAL>
	<49C57A7C.9080602@ar88.net>
Message-ID: <8443CD2B-55FC-4ABC-AA72-8FB5422BE6F4@aol.com>


On Mar 21, 2009, at 4:38 PM, Al Klase wrote:

>  It's not an easy restoration like a seeming similar BC-348.


Yes, but not too bad a job.  For more than you ever wanted to know  
about these radios see my article in ER #95, March 1997.

Dennis D.  W7QHO
Glendale, CA

From robandpj at earthlink.net  Tue Mar 24 12:07:17 2009
From: robandpj at earthlink.net (Robert Flory)
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 12:07:17 -0400
Subject: [Milsurplus] RBB and RBC serial numbers
Message-ID: <410-22009322416717671@earthlink.net>

Hi lovers of black and wrinkly radios,

Would folks check their RBB and RBC receivers and see if anyone can find an exception to my observation that RBB receivers carry odd serial numbers and RBC receivers carry even.

Seems to hold true with most of the ones I hang around with, which are all -0 or -1 types.  -0 being my notation for no number following the RBB.

Rob Flory

From wf2u at ws19ops.com  Tue Mar 24 12:14:23 2009
From: wf2u at ws19ops.com (wf2u at ws19ops.com)
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 11:14:23 -0500
Subject: [Milsurplus] RBB and RBC serial numbers
In-Reply-To: <410-22009322416717671@earthlink.net>
References: <410-22009322416717671@earthlink.net>
Message-ID: <20090324111423.mpxomyqsxwkkwggk@webmail.opentransfer.com>

Rob,

Will do as soon as I get home from work.

BTW do you know of any RBA's (preferably black) I can lay my hands on  
so I have the all 3 in the set?
I have a late (gray) RBC to trade for it - I'll get that s/n as well.

73, Meir WF2U
Landrum, SC


Quoting Robert Flory <robandpj at earthlink.net>:

> Hi lovers of black and wrinkly radios,
>
> Would folks check their RBB and RBC receivers and see if anyone can   
> find an exception to my observation that RBB receivers carry odd   
> serial numbers and RBC receivers carry even.
>
> Seems to hold true with most of the ones I hang around with, which   
> are all -0 or -1 types.  -0 being my notation for no number   
> following the RBB.
>
> Rob Flory
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From Telegrapher at att.net  Tue Mar 24 20:50:59 2009
From: Telegrapher at att.net (Telegrapher at att.net)
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:50:59 +0000
Subject: [Milsurplus] PL-182/NAF68925-2
Message-ID: <032520090050.4646.49C97FF3000742F60000122622230647629B0A02D29B9B0EBF9D0A089F0E9D090A040AAB@att.net>

I have 4 of these and 1 ea of the PL-181/NAF68935-3.  I don't know what they are for but if they don't find a new home soon, they will find themselves out in the black barrel that goes to the dump every week.

Larry
W0OGH


From davprin1 at optusnet.com.au  Tue Mar 24 21:06:24 2009
From: davprin1 at optusnet.com.au (Dave)
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 11:06:24 +1000
Subject: [Milsurplus] BC-312/342 Front panel connector fitting wanted
Message-ID: <002501c9ace5$ebe06610$0300a8c0@homemv1kh7ldlj>

G'day all,

Wondering if anyone has a junker receiver lying around that may have the
"snout" that mounts the connector to the front panel - with or without the
connector, please.

If so, could you please contact me off list to arrange payment/shipping to
Australia.

Cheers
Dave
VK4KDP
davprin1 at optusnet.com.au


From ranickel at comcast.net  Tue Mar 24 21:57:08 2009
From: ranickel at comcast.net (Robert Nickels)
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 20:57:08 -0500
Subject: [Milsurplus] B-2 Bomber Radar Spectrum Accidentally Sold,
 Adds to Military Bandwidth Woes
Message-ID: <49C98F74.3060003@comcast.net>

Oops...

http://www.dailytech.com/B2+Bomber+Radar+Spectrum+Accidentally+Sold+Adds+to+Military+Bandwidth+Woes/article14649.htm

73, Bob W9RAN

From cosmoline at aa4rm.ba-watch.org  Wed Mar 25 09:22:06 2009
From: cosmoline at aa4rm.ba-watch.org (Marty Reynolds)
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 09:22:06 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [Milsurplus] Mackay/Federal 128AY vlf rx
Message-ID: <14704.24.30.81.88.1237987326.squirrel@fracas.netboobie.org>


Itsa 110v ac/dc-battery regen item.  Lore has it it was a low power
emergency fall-back to a RBA (WF2U take note) to a RBA or RAK.
Octal metal tubes

I at least need a schematic.  None found @ usual suspect spots

Also wonder if anyone made a SAQ stab with one

   Tnx

    Marty



From wf2u at ws19ops.com  Wed Mar 25 10:03:16 2009
From: wf2u at ws19ops.com (wf2u at ws19ops.com)
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 09:03:16 -0500
Subject: [Milsurplus] Mackay/Federal 128AY vlf rx
In-Reply-To: <14704.24.30.81.88.1237987326.squirrel@fracas.netboobie.org>
References: <14704.24.30.81.88.1237987326.squirrel@fracas.netboobie.org>
Message-ID: <20090325090316.0y84q4kfb40o0swo@webmail.opentransfer.com>

Marty,

The receiver had at least a couple of versions (one is cabinet the  
other is rack mount if I'm not mistaken): 128AY, 128AX.
I have a couple of 128AY's (or is it AX? - they're the ones in desktop  
cabinets,  I have to look at it when I get home...), one is working OK  
the other one is hissing but deaf but no fireworks/smell, so probably  
no biggie.
These receivers were part of the Federal Radio/Mackay setup on  
Victory/Liberty ships - one of the vendors for the Maritime Commission  
contracts in WW2, the other was RMCA. The 128A(*) were used into at  
least the late 50's with post-WW2 Mackay  equipped Merchant Marine  
ships.
I'm not sure whether the 128AY was also a US Navy "regulation"  
receiver, I have to look into my sources and maybe someone will chime  
in with info.
As to receiving SAQ with it, I  tried a few years ago with the Mackay  
but nothing. In fact I received nothing even with much better VLF  
receivers... Last year I tried with the RAK and then with the 1960's  
vintage Siemens E310 ("Rainbow") marine reciver which is an excellent  
performer but still nothing.

I'll make you a copy of my manual, I may have already scanned and  
saved it. I'll have to look in my manual archives on my server at home.

73, Meir WF2U
Landrum, SC

Quoting Marty Reynolds <cosmoline at aa4rm.ba-watch.org>:

>
> Itsa 110v ac/dc-battery regen item.  Lore has it it was a low power
> emergency fall-back to a RBA (WF2U take note) to a RBA or RAK.
> Octal metal tubes
>
> I at least need a schematic.  None found @ usual suspect spots
>
> Also wonder if anyone made a SAQ stab with one
>
>    Tnx
>
>     Marty
>
>
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From nick at 3rdtech.com  Wed Mar 25 10:47:41 2009
From: nick at 3rdtech.com (Nick England)
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 10:47:41 -0400
Subject: [Milsurplus] AN/MRR-2 receiver
Message-ID: <B9BC8FCF2EA5436B8B165478715B9EC1@Heathkit2>

I just got a photo of an AN/MRR-2 MF/HF receiver and have posted it at
http://www.virhistory.com/navy/rcvrs/mrr2-01A.JPG

This is presumably a Marine Corps version of the SRR-12 and FRR-22 units -
is in a  waterproof case and includes 24vdc operation as well as 115vac. I
see this one is a /XN-1 prototype. 
Has anyone ever seen another one of these or the similar MRR-3? Does anyone
have a manual? more photos?

cheers,
Nick the Navy Radio nut
www.virhistory.com/navy

Oh - another interesting recent photo is at
http://www.virhistory.com/navy/commsta/pr/Receiver_Site_3.jpg
shows FRR-38 and FRR-41 dual diversity rcvrs at NAVCOMMSTA Puerto Rico 1968.



From elden_meyer at yahoo.com  Wed Mar 25 13:27:38 2009
From: elden_meyer at yahoo.com (elden meyer)
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 10:27:38 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Milsurplus] RBB, RBC serial numbers
Message-ID: <518525.60297.qm@web58006.mail.re3.yahoo.com>

The RBB-1 here is s/n 2787 and the RBC-2 is s/n 743.


      

From smithab11 at comcast.net  Wed Mar 25 14:33:58 2009
From: smithab11 at comcast.net (B. Smith)
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:33:58 -0500
Subject: [Milsurplus] T-195 TR Delay
Message-ID: <000501c9ad78$42d86b10$271cc847@BCXHTR8HVC4P>

Has anyone changed the time delay that it takes the T-195 to go from 
Transmit back to Receive.  Mine takes several seconds  and I am thinking 
about modifying  the Antenna Delay circuit V403 which has a 4 uF capacitor 
on the input grid.

73

breck k4che 


From bjtatum1 at att.net  Wed Mar 25 14:53:19 2009
From: bjtatum1 at att.net (Byron Tatum)
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:53:19 -0500
Subject: [Milsurplus] FS-SRR-13A mainframe and modules
Message-ID: <E4927BB9EFDF47C2B700ECD93CCB70AD@your6jnhhu0520>

Hello-
    Have for sale modules (all except for ant/front end input) and mainframe for SRR-13A. Mainframe has VFO tuning unit still in it. All is there except rack-assembly for actuating bandswitch shafts. Mainframe has meters and outer case, but rear of it is open. Fair to good cond.
    Sell all for 150.00, or write for individual modules if needed. Or, will trade for a decent BC-348Q (one w/o dyno, I wish to add AC supply).
                            Thanks for time here,
                                        Byron WA5THJ

From wf2u at ws19ops.com  Wed Mar 25 14:58:37 2009
From: wf2u at ws19ops.com (wf2u at ws19ops.com)
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:58:37 -0500
Subject: [Milsurplus] T-195 TR Delay
In-Reply-To: <000501c9ad78$42d86b10$271cc847@BCXHTR8HVC4P>
References: <000501c9ad78$42d86b10$271cc847@BCXHTR8HVC4P>
Message-ID: <20090325135837.hx4s7g3r40088ccw@webmail.opentransfer.com>

I never found anything objectionable about the T/R delay time in the  
T-195/GRC-19 so I never considered doing anything with the delay.
I'd say the delay is there for a reason, probably to allow for the  
correct sequencing of the circuits for transmit. If it's changed,  
something may not work right.

73, Meir WF2U
Landrum, SC


Quoting "B. Smith" <smithab11 at comcast.net>:

> Has anyone changed the time delay that it takes the T-195 to go from
> Transmit back to Receive.  Mine takes several seconds  and I am thinking
> about modifying  the Antenna Delay circuit V403 which has a 4 uF capacitor
> on the input grid.
>
> 73
>
> breck k4che
>
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From spike.dennis at yahoo.com  Wed Mar 25 12:50:45 2009
From: spike.dennis at yahoo.com (Spike Dennis)
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 09:50:45 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Milsurplus] Fw: 2009 MVPA Convoy
Message-ID: <65964.72680.qm@web45708.mail.sp1.yahoo.com>

The below is some traffic that has passed between?Jon K6ZKI & myself in preparation to provide communications support?for the subject convoy. I have suggested the listed freqs because I have radios on those all the time & they are also monitored by others.?Please read the entire thread & if you have any comments or suggestion, or you can also participate please contact Jon at skyzki at pacbell.net. He is also always on 3996usb Wednesday night at 22:00pst for the West Coast Green net(Eastern-Midwest net starts at 21:00central/02:00z).
?Dennis
KB0SFP 

3996usb, in the day time is good for over the horizon communications especially with NVIS radiated signals(folded over whip antennas). Good to communicate with stations within a few hundred miles. You already know what night time propagation is like.

5403.5usb, much like 3996 except comms are easier for several reasons(both day & night). Gray line comms between both coast are pretty common, after dark intercom like communications possible all over the US. Limited to 50 watts. Great band for the convoy to communicate with people as their passing through a state in the day time. Many commuters use it on their way home from work. I would concentrate on the use of this band!

14342.5, day time coast to coast comms with limited radiation & antennas very possible. World wide comms possible given the conditions. Ranges under 400-500 mile will be a problem. Good band but very congested, it will die completely after dark.

18157.5, much like 20mtrs but even farther communications possible. Good coast to coast, or coast to midwest daytime band. It too will die after dark. Advantage is no congestion at all. 
Dennis
KB0SFP 



----- Forwarded Message ----
From: Jon / K6ZKI <skyzki at pacbell.net>
To: Spike Dennis <spike.dennis at yahoo.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 10:06:26 PM
Subject: Re: 2009 MVPA Convoy


Hey Dennis
?I need your help with times of good propagation in your part of the country and on which?bands so we can set up some skeds.
The Hornet will be able to work most bands and modes. I hope to have operators available to work the radio any hours that we have a chance.

??I still have to go to work for a living so my day hours are consumed so my play time starts about 7:00 PST . Other members of HARC may be able to work a day time sked. If your up for some tests it would be cool to get an idea if? and when we can make the trip.

Thanks
Jon


-------Original Message-------

From: Spike Dennis
Date: 3/19/2009 6:48:20 AM
To: Jon / K6ZKI
Subject: Re: 2009 MVPA Convoy

I'd be happy to help in the comms schedule & participation. I'd love to be able to join the convoy but financial restraints prevent it.
I have radios on these freqs all day & into the night on some.
18157.5usb(HFpack & Milpack calling freq)
14342.5usb(HFpack & Milpack calling freq)
5403.5(HFpack & Milpack #2 calling freq)

For?intra convoy communications I'd suggest 51.0 for those who are licensed & either 46.850 or 49.950 for those who are not.
?Dennis 
KB0SFP 




________________________________
From: Jon / K6ZKI <skyzki at pacbell.net>
To: spike.dennis at yahoo.com
Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 11:27:32 PM
Subject: 2009 MVPA Convoy


Hey Dennis

? I want to bring this event to your attention BC I think your the ideal contact to help make this a huge success.
I've read your articles on-line years ago when I started collecting green radios and I'm usually on the weds nite net on 3.996 USB with W6GER and the NWMRE group.
?I'm with the USS Hornet ARC in Alameda ,Ca. The MVPA plans to convoy restored military vehicles from Washington DC to the USS Hornet..
I hope to organize a radio sked with the group that will be in the convoy. I believe that some of these guys are hams and will love to enhance the trip with radio contacts.
??I'd like to get the word out in hopes of getting as many Mil radio guys involved as possible.
?The convoy will rest along the way so if we could get local hams along the route to hook up with them and get them on the air would really open up our exposure. To get mil vehicle guys on the air with mil radios just seems like the only way to go. Here's a links about the convoy and I'll send?an invite to join the Hornet yahoogroup if you would like to follow what's going on.

http://www.mvpa.org/


73

Jon / k6zki    

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From smithab11 at comcast.net  Wed Mar 25 20:07:48 2009
From: smithab11 at comcast.net (B. Smith)
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 19:07:48 -0500
Subject: [Milsurplus] T-195 TR delay
Message-ID: <004c01c9ada6$e58d9f50$271cc847@BCXHTR8HVC4P>

    Thanks to all that responded. I found a 2.7 megohm (R448) in the bias 
feed to the delay tube V403 in the modulator that had aged way out of 
tolerance . I know what does the modulator have to do with TR 
switching --beats me but that where V403 a 12AT7 is because half is used as 
a sidetone amplifier and the other half is the delay tube.        Anyway I 
put  another resistor in paralled with R448 and now the bias can charge up 
the 4 uF cap C424 and provide cutoff of the tube in a timely manner.
    So went from a 4.5 second TR delay to about 1.2 seconds which is close 
enough for government work and still allows the other zillion relays  in the 
T-195 to switch over in sequence.

73
breck k4che 


From scr274 at gmail.com  Wed Mar 25 20:29:28 2009
From: scr274 at gmail.com (Ken Kinderman)
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:29:28 -0400
Subject: [Milsurplus] Mackay/Federal 128AY vlf rx
Message-ID: <dd9154de0903251729p7e0bac89ld06db73aef77c219@mail.gmail.com>

Marty, I have a schematic and detailed desrciption the 128-AY which I will
send to you when I get back home early in April. Contact me off-list with
your address.

Don't know the difference between the -AY and the -AV, but they sound like
the same radio. The 128-AV was used in the Mackay FT-106 Liberty Ship
ensemble: three bays 6 feet high, 87 inches wide, and 19 inches deep, c/o:

1) The HF unit (2-24 Mcs. pair of 813's CW and MCW, also called ICW). TX:
167AY; RX: the Scott SLR-F (mil: RCH),

2) The LF unit (350 to 500 Kcs, a pair of F-123-A's in parallel for 200
watts CW and MCW/ICW) TX: the 155AY; RX: the 128-AV regenerative.

3) An additional bay c/o standby main (LF) TX, auto alarm RX, emergency
crystal RX tuned to 500 Kcs, and some power and antenna switching circuits.

Running across all three bays was an operating shelf; the center bay was
lower than the two end bays and held a Royal or Underwood typewriter (caps
only, please!)

Below were the motor generators and starters and a DC powered inverter for
the Scott radio which needed 110AC. The main MG provided 200 volts AC at 720
cycles to the primary of a plate transformer, thence to 2 866A's.

Power on the Liberty Ship's was 110 DC from several steam powered generators
in the engine room, hence the AC/DC power supply in the 128-AV.

The "Main" ensemble was the LF, as communications near shore and in harbor
was generally conducted below 500 Kcs.

A competing set, called the 4U, was made by Radiomarine Corp of America
(RMCA) with virtually the same specs and used RMCA receivers.. a superhet
for 2-24 and a regen for 15 to 650 Kcs.

Eight hefty eye hooks on the cabinets for dropping into the radio room.

I have both the Mackay and RMCA HF units, plus some other units, but not all
three bays.

Rob, take note... I have the motor generator and the GE starter. When it
comes time to fire it up I'll let you know. My idea is to use my 2KW Honda
and a very large bridge rectifier (which I have) to get it rotating.

One more interesting note: MCW was accomplished by feeding 720 cycle AC from
one of the windings on the motor-generator directly to a modulation
transformer, and keying the primary.

The above info is from a a great book called The Radio Manual (McGraw Hill,
4th Ed. 1950).

73,

Ken
W2EWL

From kn4hhptc at yahoo.com  Wed Mar 25 21:47:55 2009
From: kn4hhptc at yahoo.com (Robert Watson)
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 18:47:55 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Milsurplus] Looking for a DY-17 Dynamotor
Message-ID: <411348.55266.qm@web111505.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>


I am looking for a DY-17 Dynamotor (28V/400V, 1150V) for my Navy version ART-13.

Thanks and 73, Bob, KN4HH


      

From wf2u at ws19ops.com  Wed Mar 25 22:57:28 2009
From: wf2u at ws19ops.com (Meir WF2U)
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 22:57:28 -0400
Subject: [Milsurplus] Mackay/Federal 128AY vlf rx
In-Reply-To: <dd9154de0903251729p7e0bac89ld06db73aef77c219@mail.gmail.com>
References: <dd9154de0903251729p7e0bac89ld06db73aef77c219@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <2E6136D3ED444BC7B4C80D19DE76AD0F@MBDCONSULTING.LOCAL>

I just dug out the manual for the 128-AY which is actually an Army TM from
1945, so my take is that it was probably used by the Army Corps of Engineers
on their vessels. They had the tendency to use civilian origin equipment.
Just as the RMCA AR-8506 has an Army TM (post-WW2) and has the Army
nomenclature R-203. I have one of these, with contract date 1952. It is in a
stand-alone desktop cabinet with shock mounts, a la Mackay 128-AY. This must
be also the Army Corps of Engineers - both manuals mention shipboard
installation.

I never saw any reference to a 128-AV however, only to 128-AX and 128-AY.

The EC-2 type Liberty Ship radio installation manual (came with my Federal
Telephone and Radio Corp. FT-102 HF radio console (Mackay 167-BY 2-24 MHz
transmitter - CW only - with a pair of 813's in the final and either an RMCA
8506B or Scott SLR-F receiver, filler panels provided with the console to
accommodate the differences between panel dimensions of the receivers) calls
for the FT-102 to be installed as an addition to the FT-101 or FT-105 IF/LF
console, and mounted by the adjacent wall, 90% to the "IF" console.
Looks like maybe the earlier Liberty Ships were only equipped with LF/MF
stations. The FT-105 and FT-101 had the Mackay 150AY IF transmitter (CW and
ICW modes) and Mackay 128-AX receiver, a second section of the console
containing the antenna transfer switch, the 123-BX emergency crystal
receiver and transmitter power transfer switch. The transmitters used the
same motor generator in the FT-101/105, using the transfer switch.

The FT-106 may be a later setup nomenclature where the HF console is the
third section integrated with the original 2 section IF/LF etc. console.
Otherwise the configuration/wiring and equipment is the same. This 3 section
console is also found in Victory ships.

Ken, the Mackay 167AY and 155AY you're mentioning are not familiar to me.
Are they WW2 Maritime Commission contracts or maybe the post-WW2 version
commercial units. Can you look at their labels?
My FT-102 with everything in it is 1944 manufacure, Maritime Commission
contracts.

Here is the photo of my - then still ugly cosmetically FT-102 which by the
way was on the air regularly last year with a homebrew power supply:
http://www.royalsignals.org.uk/photos/wf2u.htm  
 I fixed up the paint on the front panel where it was chipped off, I put an
SLR-F receiver in which I restored, while the RMCA 8506B which came
installed in the console is undergoing restoration, It worked OK before I
pulled it with some intermittent fluctuations in the audio gain. Now it's
getting the full going over and will replace doubtful caps/resistors. I'll
probably turn it back on in a few weeks and will put it back into the
FT-102, leaving the SLR-F as a standby receiver. I think the SLR-F may be
the better receiver, I'll have to compare them side by side.
The 167-BY puts out a healthy 350W CW on 80 M. and worked a lot of stations
with this setup.

73, Meir WF2U
Landrum, SC





-----Original Message-----
From: milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Ken Kinderman
Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 8:29 PM
To: milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Milsurplus] Mackay/Federal 128AY vlf rx

Marty, I have a schematic and detailed desrciption the 128-AY which I will
send to you when I get back home early in April. Contact me off-list with
your address.

Don't know the difference between the -AY and the -AV, but they sound like
the same radio. The 128-AV was used in the Mackay FT-106 Liberty Ship
ensemble: three bays 6 feet high, 87 inches wide, and 19 inches deep, c/o:

1) The HF unit (2-24 Mcs. pair of 813's CW and MCW, also called ICW). TX:
167AY; RX: the Scott SLR-F (mil: RCH),

2) The LF unit (350 to 500 Kcs, a pair of F-123-A's in parallel for 200
watts CW and MCW/ICW) TX: the 155AY; RX: the 128-AV regenerative.

3) An additional bay c/o standby main (LF) TX, auto alarm RX, emergency
crystal RX tuned to 500 Kcs, and some power and antenna switching circuits.

Running across all three bays was an operating shelf; the center bay was
lower than the two end bays and held a Royal or Underwood typewriter (caps
only, please!)

Below were the motor generators and starters and a DC powered inverter for
the Scott radio which needed 110AC. The main MG provided 200 volts AC at 720
cycles to the primary of a plate transformer, thence to 2 866A's.

Power on the Liberty Ship's was 110 DC from several steam powered generators
in the engine room, hence the AC/DC power supply in the 128-AV.

The "Main" ensemble was the LF, as communications near shore and in harbor
was generally conducted below 500 Kcs.

A competing set, called the 4U, was made by Radiomarine Corp of America
(RMCA) with virtually the same specs and used RMCA receivers.. a superhet
for 2-24 and a regen for 15 to 650 Kcs.

Eight hefty eye hooks on the cabinets for dropping into the radio room.

I have both the Mackay and RMCA HF units, plus some other units, but not all
three bays.

Rob, take note... I have the motor generator and the GE starter. When it
comes time to fire it up I'll let you know. My idea is to use my 2KW Honda
and a very large bridge rectifier (which I have) to get it rotating.

One more interesting note: MCW was accomplished by feeding 720 cycle AC from
one of the windings on the motor-generator directly to a modulation
transformer, and keying the primary.

The above info is from a a great book called The Radio Manual (McGraw Hill,
4th Ed. 1950).

73,

Ken
W2EWL
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From WA5CAB at cs.com  Wed Mar 25 23:11:57 2009
From: WA5CAB at cs.com (WA5CAB at cs.com)
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 23:11:57 EDT
Subject: [Milsurplus] Mackay/Federal 128AY vlf rx
Message-ID: <d57.1fac0b16.36fc4c7d@cs.com>

Meir,

FM 21-6 (List and Index of War Department Publications) of 10/45 says TM 
11-868 dtd 21 NOV 42 covers Radio Receiver 128-AY.  My database actually says 
Federal instead of Mackay but I'm not certain where that came from.  Anyway, is 
that the manual you have?  Just curious.

In a message dated 3/25/2009 8:57:12 PM Central Standard Time, 
wf2u at ws19ops.com writes: 
> I just dug out the manual for the 128-AY which is actually an Army TM from
> 1945, so my take is that it was probably used by the Army Corps of Engineers
> on their vessels. They had the tendency to use civilian origin equipment.
> Just as the RMCA AR-8506 has an Army TM (post-WW2) and has the Army
> nomenclature R-203. I have one of these, with contract date 1952. It is in a
> stand-alone desktop cabinet with shock mounts, a la Mackay 128-AY. This must
> be also the Army Corps of Engineers - both manuals mention shipboard
> installation.
> 
> I never saw any reference to a 128-AV however, only to 128-AX and 128-AY.
> 

Robert & Susan Downs - Houston
wa5cab dot com (Web Store)
MVPA 9480

From robandpj at earthlink.net  Thu Mar 26 05:48:47 2009
From: robandpj at earthlink.net (Robert Flory)
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 05:48:47 -0400
Subject: [Milsurplus] ARC-1 manufacturers
Message-ID: <410-22009342694847812@earthlink.net>

Hi,
The RT-18/ARC-1 I am working on has no tag on the front panel.  I am curious what manufacturer codes are represented on ones that list members have.
I have seen CAY/Westinghouse.

Rob Flory

From wctaylor at juno.com  Thu Mar 26 11:34:03 2009
From: wctaylor at juno.com (wctaylor at juno.com)
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 10:34:03 -0500
Subject: [Milsurplus] Headset needed
Message-ID: <20090326.103403.3800.0.wctaylor@juno.com>

I'm looking for a good headset for my BC22-F freq. meter. It doesn't have
to be perfect, just the right one and working. I'm not sure what the
difference is but it calls for either a HS-18 or HS-20. Once I get a good
working headset I can check it out and see what else is wrong with it. I
picked it up at a local hamfest and it had a red "unrepairable" tag dated
1954 inside. 

Since I used to be an ET in the Navy I know that this could mean anything
from really nothing much at all wrong with it to total FUBAR.

Thanks and 73's
Bill
KD4LXC
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From robandpj at earthlink.net  Thu Mar 26 17:39:19 2009
From: robandpj at earthlink.net (Robert Flory)
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 17:39:19 -0400
Subject: [Milsurplus] Timonium Hamfest
Message-ID: <410-220093426213919921@earthlink.net>

Hi,
If all goes well will be there Saturday, QRV on 144.25 and/or 144.45 with RT-18/ARC-1 and RT-19/ARC-4.
The radios are working, its the car I'm not so sure about.
Hope to see you.
Rob Flory K2WI

From Telegrapher at att.net  Thu Mar 26 18:55:49 2009
From: Telegrapher at att.net (Telegrapher at att.net)
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 22:55:49 +0000
Subject: [Milsurplus] Some things to sell.
Message-ID: <032620092255.22508.49CC07F5000D41FF000057EC22193100029B0A02D29B9B0EBF9D0A089F0E9D090A040AAB@att.net>

Dynamotor DA-1A by Bendix.  28V in and 230Vdc out.  $10

Amplifier, Audio. It was mounted on the bulkhead of an airplane when i removed it.  Includes the connector and wires.  $15

Radio Noise Filter by Bendix Aviation.  Box is a bout 3 3/4 inchs square with a connector on the top and bottom.  One end has a connector with cable attached and i may have the connetor with cable on the other end someplace in the collection.  Great shape for $15

Receiver R-4A/ARR-2with mounting rack and all the back sides included.  Back cover is missing so you can see inside the box but i believe the receiver is intact,  I didn't unwrap it from it's covering but it looks fine from the front anyway.  There is a schematic of the radio as well as for the test oscillator under the bubble wrap covering the radio.  $75

C-1665/ARN-41B Radio Compass control box.  Great condition with connector.  $45

4 ea. C1399/ARC-38 control boxes.  $30 ea

2 ea. F-8/AR box with connecots on each end.  Still has the  grease or whatever it is that they put on the pins in place.  This box also says "26VDC and 110VAC 6 Amps" .  Contract NOas 2485 CMX.  $20 ea.

Postage is extra from 85233.

Larry
W0OGH



From wb8ybf at gmail.com  Fri Mar 27 11:03:43 2009
From: wb8ybf at gmail.com (Patrick Marineau)
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 11:03:43 -0400
Subject: [Milsurplus] f.t. Hallicrafters HT-18
Message-ID: <639632810903270803w3e7f46e5n7964e4155ae2cf37@mail.gmail.com>

For trade:  Hallicrafters HT-18 transmitter.  Clean, V.G. condition.
As purchased from Estes Auction 3 or 4 years ago.  Not restored (needs
recapping, etc.).  Photos available upon request.

Possible trades:  ARB w/dynamotor (preferably unmodified),  TCS, DY-17
dynamotor.  Other interesting trades considered.

Thanks,
Pat K9HF

From spike.dennis at yahoo.com  Fri Mar 27 12:14:49 2009
From: spike.dennis at yahoo.com (Spike Dennis)
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 09:14:49 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Milsurplus] FT: GRC-109, R-390A, R-392, 51J-4,
	TRC-77. HF/SSB military transceiver wtd.
Message-ID: <477415.9235.qm@web45703.mail.sp1.yahoo.com>


GRC-109 transmitter, receiver, & both power supplies. Very good condition. Will trade for late model solid state HF/SSB military transceiver.
Also available R-390A, R-392, 51J-4, TRC-77.

KB0SFP


      


From jydsk at tds.net  Fri Mar 27 13:24:09 2009
From: jydsk at tds.net (Steve Hilsz)
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 10:24:09 -0700
Subject: [Milsurplus] 400 Cycle Inverters
Message-ID: <E9C2CDD8358148D7991935A2D80B41E7@warehouse>

For sale, Abbott Electronics voltage/frequency inverters. Model 
SN180D-115A-400. These small inverters use input of 25-30 VDC and produce 
115 VAC at 400 HZ, 1.57 amps, single-phase, sine wave. Dimensions 6 X 6 X 
2.5 inches. New old stock, $35 each, flat-rate Priority Mail shipping $9.85 
where applicable by USPS. Steve Hilsz jydsk at tds.net


From smithab11 at comcast.net  Fri Mar 27 20:16:37 2009
From: smithab11 at comcast.net (B. Smith)
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 19:16:37 -0500
Subject: [Milsurplus] Timonium Hamfest
References: <410-220093426213919921@earthlink.net>
Message-ID: <002201c9af3a$75add3e0$271cc847@BCXHTR8HVC4P>

K4CHE will be on 3885, 50.1 and VHF 144.45. Look for the Mash signs. 
Bringing poncho.

73
breck


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Flory" <robandpj at earthlink.net>
To: <mrca at mailman.qth.net>; "milsurplus" <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009 4:39 PM
Subject: [Milsurplus] Timonium Hamfest


| Hi,
| If all goes well will be there Saturday, QRV on 144.25 and/or 144.45 with 
RT-18/ARC-1 and RT-19/ARC-4.
| The radios are working, its the car I'm not so sure about.
| Hope to see you.
| Rob Flory K2WI
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From bsugarberg at core.com  Fri Mar 27 21:08:14 2009
From: bsugarberg at core.com (Bruce)
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 20:08:14 -0500
Subject: [Milsurplus] Origional Manuals For Sale
Message-ID: <49CD787E.5020107@core.com>

Hello,

I have the following items for sale:

TM 11-5820-590-12-1.  RADIO SETS AN/PRC-74B AND AN/PRC-74C,
POWER SUPPLIES PP-4514/PRC-74 AND PP-4514A/PRC-74, BATTERY
BOXES CY-6121/PRC-74, CY-6314/PRC-74, CY-6314A/PRC-74.
March 1967.  $25.00.

TM 11-5511A ELECTRONIC MULTIMETER TS-505A/U.  August 1955.  With
TM 11-5511A C2 23 November 1956, and TM 11-5511A C3 2 January 1958.
(Adds TS-505B/U, TS-505C/U, TS-505D/U).  $8.00.

TM 11-661 ELECTRICAL FUNDAMENTALS - DIRECT CURRENT.  June 1951.
TM 11-681 ELECTRICAL FUNDAMENTALS - ALTERNATING CURRENT. December 1951.
The best basic course ever.  $20.00 for both manuals.

TM 11-672 PULSE TECHNIQUES.  Many diagrams.  October 1951.
Like R-C circuits, limiter and clipper circuits, etc. $5.00.

USAR SCHOOL SIGNAL OFFICER CAREER COURSE - STUDENT WORKBOOK NO. 4
- CARRIER COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS.  Many photos, illustrations, and
diagrams.  10 March 1965.  $8.00.

TM 11-665 CW AND AM RADIO TRANSMITTERS AND RECEIVERS.
September 1952.  $20.00.

TM 11-287 RADIO SETS AN/VRQ-1, AN/VRQ-2, AN/VRQ-3.
(RT-66, RT-67, RT-68).  March 1951.  $20.00.

TM 11-289 RECEIVER-TRANSMITTERS RT-66/GRC, RT-67/GRC,
AND RT-68/GRC.  March 1951.  $20.00.

TM 11-898 RADIO RECEIVERS R-108/GRC, R-109/GRC, R-110/GRC.
January 1956.  $20.00.

TM 11-296 RADIO SET PRC-6.  October 1951.  $20.00.

TM 11-290 RECEIVER-TRANSMITTERS RT-70/GRC AND RT-70A/GRC.
February 1957.  $20.00.

TM 11-5039 AF AMPLIFIER AM-65/GRC.  Used with RT-66, RT-67,
RT-68, RT-70, R-108, R-109, R-110. January 1951. $20.00.

TM 11-5820-667-12 RADIO SET AN/PRC-77. June 1967.  $20.00.

TM 11-5820-498-12 RADIO SETS AN/VRC-53, AN/VRC-64, AN/GRC-125,
AN/GRC-160, AND AMPLIFIER-POWER SUPPLY GROUPS OA-3633/GRC
AND OA-3633A/GRC.  (PRC-25 and PRC-77).  May 1967.  $20.00.

TM 11-898 RADIO RECEIVERS R-108/GRC, R-109/GRC, R-110/GRC.
January 1956.  $20.00.

TM 11-5820-520-12 RADIO SETS AN/GRC-106 AND AN/GRC-106A.
February 1971.  $20.00.

TM 11-5820-401-10-1 (M38 on cover) OPERATOR'S MANUAL RADIO SETS
AN/VRC-12, AN/VRC-43, AN/VRC-44, AN/VRC-45, AN/VRC-46, AN/VRC-47,
AN/VRC-48, AN/VRC-49 (Used without intercom systems).  August, 1977.
$20.00.  (Or both VRC-12 manuals for $30.00).

TM 11-5820-401-10-1 (Humvee on cover) OPERATOR'S MANUAL RADIO SETS
AN/VRC-12, AN/VRC-43, AN/VRC-44, AN/VRC-45, AN/VRC-46, AN/VRC-47,
AN/VRC-48, AN/VRC-49 (Used without intercom systems). 15 January 1986.
$20.00.  (Or both VRC-12 manuals for $30.00).

TM 11-5820-890-10-1 OPERATOR'S MANUAL AN/PRC-119A, AN/VRC-87A,
AN/VRC-87C, AN/VRC-88A, AN/VRC-88C, AN/VRC-89A, AN/VRC-90A,
AN/VRC-91A, AN/VRC-92A.  1 September 1992.  $20.00.

NAVTRA 10318-D  AVIATION ELECTRONICS TECHNICIAN FIRST AND CHIEF.
1972.  With NAVEDTRA 91615-H.  Many illustrations and circuit
diagrams.  $8.00.

NAVEDTRA 10057-D MILITARY REQUIREMENTS FOR PETTY OFFICER FIRST
AND CHIEF.  Revised 1977.  $5.00.

NAVEDTRA 10088-B  DIGITAL COMPUTER BASICS.  Revised 1978.
The theory and operation of US Navy digital computers and I/O
devices.  CP-789(V)/Digital Computer, etc.  $5.00.

WATCH OFFICERS GUIDE United States Navel Institute 1985.
Hard cover.  Has a chapter on communications.  $8.00.

DOCTORS AWEIGH - The Story of the United States Navy Medical
Corps in Action by Rear Admiral Charles M. Oman (MC) U.S.N.
1943.  Chapter I: Emergency Call, Pearl Harbor.  Chapter II:
Blood on the Coral Sea, etc.  Hard cover.  $10.00.

ROMMEL IN NORTH AFRICA by D.A. Lande. 1999. Soft cover 8.5" x 11". $10.00.

--------------------------------------------------------------
FIGHTING THE FLYING CIRCUS by Captain Edward V. Rickenbacker.
The original 1919 1st edition, signed by Captain Eddie himself.
$150.00/Best Offer, with US shipping and insurance included.
--------------------------------------------------------------
USS Seattle WWI pennant. The pennant measures 36" long, by 16" wide.
The USS Washington (Armored Cruiser No. 11) was commissioned into the Navy
on 7 August 1906.  On 9 November 1916, the USS Washington was renamed the
USS Seattle.  $150.00/Best Offer, with US shipping and insurance included.
--------------------------------------------------------------

All prices plus shipping, unless marked otherwise.

Please include your zip code.

Thank you for looking,

Bruce WA8TNC







From Military1944 at aol.com  Sat Mar 28 07:18:08 2009
From: Military1944 at aol.com (Military1944 at aol.com)
Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2009 07:18:08 EDT
Subject: [Milsurplus] QRP 80MTR tx's  plus HRO item FS
Message-ID: <cdd.4b2205bd.36ff6170@aol.com>

 
QRP 80MTR tx's  plus HRO item FS
 
Home made 80 Mtr tx,  built on WS68 chassis, 6V6 osc and 6V6 pa, cw,  (am 
poss with cathode mdulator inserted in key jack) 4W o/p. VFO or xtal  controlled. 
With mains psu, housed in wood case. ?30
 
TR1196 tx unit, xtal controlled, with added mc amp, re-jigged pa  output 
coil/cap, AM, 2 to 3W, needs 6.3/300v. ?30
 
Both ideal as experimentation platform.
 
HRO gearbox.  ?15
 
pics at _www.ham-radio.150m.com_ (http://www.ham-radio.150m.com/) 
 
cheers, Ben.


From bill.fondren at sbcglobal.net  Sat Mar 28 12:22:18 2009
From: bill.fondren at sbcglobal.net (Bill Fondren)
Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2009 09:22:18 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Milsurplus] Items for sale
Message-ID: <843083.90285.qm@web82004.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Over the last year or two I have accuired 3 or 4 items that are Military?and are surplus to my needs.? First is a RME? DB-20 preselector.? Navy I think.? I put it on QTH and had several interested but all wanted the commerical version.? This has the dull grey color, not the wrinkle type paint.? All said it was the Navy version.???Also a TS-323/UR freq meter/generator??Has a homebrew powersupply in the battery compartment.? Seems to? work ok.? Next is?an I-177?tube tester? metal case.? No setup chart. with it.? Have not tried it. Was told it was a Hickok design and their old charts would work???? And finally a TCP-3 Navy Transmitter/receiver combo unit.??75 watts AM ?2-3 megacycles? 10 crystal channels. Very heavy?? New out of the crate.? Never been used.? ?Have?the orginal?manual.? Someone started to convert to Ham band I guess, very little work done,? Removed the dynamotor but with it.?? Anyone interested before I put
 the stuff on Ebay.? email bill.fondren at sbcglobal.net for more info and pictures.
?
?
?

From etgreeley at earthlink.net  Sat Mar 28 21:55:39 2009
From: etgreeley at earthlink.net (Edward Greeley)
Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2009 20:55:39 -0500
Subject: [Milsurplus] FS, 28 volt Power Supply PP-1104C/G
Message-ID: <49CED51B.2020507@earthlink.net>

This is just the ticket for running your ART-13 (or BC-375) and BC-348, 
etc. using their dynamotors as intended. Here are the specs:

Output: 28 VDC @ 50 Amps continuous (or 62.5 A intermittent), voltage 
adjustable in about 2 Volt steps from 23 to 33 VDC. Can also be jumpered 
for 14 VDC output @ 100 Amps continuous, or 125 A intermittent. Has 
output voltage and current meters.

Input: 115 VAC @ 24 Amps or 230 VAC @ 14 Amps. Circuit breaker protected.

Output ripple: 1 (one) percent, according to the nameplate. Has six 
large electrolytic filter caps which gives it plenty of "oomph" for 
starting large dynamotors.

This is a LINEAR (not switching) power supply and it weighs a ton! WAY 
too heavy to ship. Dimensions are 23" high x 19" wide x 11" deep. Fan 
cooled.

Condition: Working. Could use a paint job, only for appearance. Could 
also use a good internal cleaning if the dust the fan sucks in bothers you.

I paid over $100 for this jewel at a DRMO auction several years ago but 
am asking only $50 for it now because I am 76 y.o. and it's time to 
start thinning out my collection of goodies.

Here's the catch: because it is too heavy to ship, it will have to be 
picked up at my home in Mobile, Alabama. I might consider delivering the 
thing anywhere along the I-10 corridor between Pensacola, FL and New 
Orleans, LA, -IF- I can get a strong back or two to help load it in my van.

Please reply off-list if interested.

Thanks for reading,
Ed Greeley


From wh7hg.hi at gmail.com  Sat Mar 28 22:09:37 2009
From: wh7hg.hi at gmail.com (Michael Tauson)
Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2009 16:09:37 -1000
Subject: [Milsurplus] T-15/ARC-5
Message-ID: <c34299fb0903281909u13e778bck2d733b6612589686@mail.gmail.com>

On the Bay Place ... 270363533548

From robandpj at earthlink.net  Sun Mar 29 09:16:36 2009
From: robandpj at earthlink.net (Robert Flory)
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 09:16:36 -0400
Subject: [Milsurplus] Timonium Debrief
Message-ID: <410-22009302913163693@earthlink.net>

Another rainy hamfest.  

Dodged raindrops between showers while trying to sell some junk, but barely recouped seller's fee.

I guess that kept me out of trouble because I would have been tempted by the $125 RBH otherwise.

Saw a fellow buy a not-too-shabby GRC-9 for $10.  If I had gotten at it first I would have bought for speculation puposes.

ARC-4 heard lots of APRS and the receiver of K4CHE URC-4(super-regen).  URC-4 transmitter did not break ARC-4 squelch at point-blank range.  I guess the ARC-4 has a little selectivity.

Bought nothing but boring parts.

RF

From smithab11 at comcast.net  Sun Mar 29 11:34:07 2009
From: smithab11 at comcast.net (B. Smith)
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 10:34:07 -0500
Subject: [Milsurplus] Timonium Debrief
Message-ID: <000f01c9b083$cc753ed0$271cc847@BCXHTR8HVC4P>

I  thought it was a great hamfest. I was somewhat disappointed in our "VHF" 
144.250 Mc activity but we have to start somewhere. It was worth the trip
just to see Rob and his Jr. Operator Martin  sitting on the tailgate in the 
rain with an ARC-4 perched precariously on other stuff and wires running
everywhere. I did not see Rob's TCS so I guess he ran out of room. Rob 
brought me some 5 pin bases to use for coils for my HBR-14 project. BTW Rob 
needs a connector for the ARC-4.    Ray KA3EKH spotting a military discone 
antenna  that was cut for 200-400 Mcs - the antenna and base can be 
completely collapsed, the antenna was
over painted  desert tan  and came with RG-58 type feedline with TNC to BNC 
adapter on it. I picked it up for ten bucks and may use it this year to 
break the PRC-41 distance record at Gilbert. . .but the rods on the discone 
portion were assembled with lock nuts and bolts so the project may lend 
itself to being modified for  145.250 and our new VHF activity.
    Tom Bryan brought me a  Russian rod antenna for the R-104M  that 
disassembles and is towed  under the "secret" door in the power supply. Tom
was there with a URC-101 on the air.
    Lt. Col William Perry was there and brought me a connector I can use for 
my TRC-77 and in addition he filled half of my connector requests  on the
spot.  Col Perry he had everything from BC-454's to terminal strips at this 
multiple table site.
       Jeep, K3HVG and Ted W3PWW had a nice  table set up inside  the "drive 
in" tail gate area which was all most full. Jeep and Ted run the  East Coast
Military Radio net on Saturday morning and Sunday evening.  It was rumored 
that Mark, K3MSB was there E and E'ing around but that was  unconfirmed.
AWOL was Al Klase and Ed Zeranski.

73 breck k4che




From jydsk at tds.net  Sun Mar 29 13:04:12 2009
From: jydsk at tds.net (Steve Hilsz)
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 10:04:12 -0700
Subject: [Milsurplus] Rotary Dial Repair
Message-ID: <477AFAA9E6AC4B7CBF46BC4AC02FF8D5@mycomputer>

Don Reaves reminded me that my rotary dial (telephone-style) repair service 
is applicable to Collins Autotune equipment. The dials Collins used were 
manufactured by Automatic Electric Company and I can disassemble, lubricate, 
and adjust them for six dollars each plus postage. Make a note.

Steve Hilsz
jydsk at tds.net


From jydsk at tds.net  Sun Mar 29 15:45:07 2009
From: jydsk at tds.net (Steve Hilsz)
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 12:45:07 -0700
Subject: [Milsurplus] 12AX7 Tubes For Sale
Message-ID: <B860C95A43D04E21BD5C10837466EFEB@warehouse>

I have a small amount of dual-triode 12AX7 or 12AX7A, also known as ECC-83, 
vacuum tubes that were military "pulls" and which have all been tested very 
accurately on a TV3-B/U tester. I have no idea if the tubes were taken from 
new equipment, but they are very clean and appear to have had little, if 
any, use. They all test over the minimum 950 mhos, both sections. Offered at 
$3.50 each plus postage. 9 each in stock.

Steve Hilsz
jydsk at tds.net 


From jcoward5452 at aol.com  Sun Mar 29 16:48:27 2009
From: jcoward5452 at aol.com (jcoward5452 at aol.com)
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 16:48:27 -0400
Subject: [Milsurplus] Anyone what these go to?
Message-ID: <8CB7EC6D887F1D3-2D10-519E@webmail-stg-m02.sysops.aol.com>

140309569228

On the Eb auction block,not mine,etc.,etc.

They have a long shaft possibly for a fan?I'm just guessing maybe they 
are for the AN/ARC-1 or AN/ARC-4 since those have fans.
  Jay

From WA5CAB at cs.com  Sun Mar 29 17:01:09 2009
From: WA5CAB at cs.com (WA5CAB at cs.com)
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 17:01:09 EDT
Subject: [Milsurplus] Anyone what these go to?
Message-ID: <c70.4352e349.37013b95@cs.com>

No, not for those sets.  Note the 18 VDC input.  I've forgotten which one but 
I have a dim recollection that one of the IFF sets ran off of 18 VDC.  It was 
supplied from a regulator, carbon pile I think, that dropped the aircraft's 
24-28 volt buss to 18 regulated.

In a message dated 3/29/2009 2:48:52 PM Central Standard Time, 
jcoward5452 at aol.com writes: 
> 140309569228
> 
> On the Eb auction block,not mine,etc.,etc.
> 
> They have a long shaft possibly for a fan?I'm just guessing maybe they 
> are for the AN/ARC-1 or AN/ARC-4 since those have fans.
>   Jay

Robert Downs - Houston
wa5cab dot com (Web Store)
MVPA 9480

From olegerityincj at austin.rr.com  Sun Mar 29 17:11:08 2009
From: olegerityincj at austin.rr.com (John Hutchins)
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 16:11:08 -0500
Subject: [Milsurplus] What is the difference if any between "tube grease"
 and Vaseline for tube tester applications?
Message-ID: <49CFE3EC.6050706@austin.rr.com>

Hello  List Members

What is the difference if any between "tube grease" and  Vaseline for 
tube tester operations.  Any drawbacks?
Thanks
Hutch

From jfor at quik.com  Sun Mar 29 17:20:30 2009
From: jfor at quik.com (J. Forster)
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 14:20:30 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Milsurplus] [ARC5]  Anyone what these go to?
In-Reply-To: <c70.4352e349.37013b95@cs.com>
References: <c70.4352e349.37013b95@cs.com>
Message-ID: <1344.12.6.201.204.1238361630.squirrel@pop.quik.com>

That was my thought too. AFAIK, the only HF sets that used a reduced
voltage to the dynos was the British R.1155 / T.1154 supplies from a
"Londex" relay.

The naked shaft end indicated a possible gearbox use.

FWIW,
-John

=========

> No, not for those sets.  Note the 18 VDC input.  I've forgotten which one
> but
> I have a dim recollection that one of the IFF sets ran off of 18 VDC.  It
> was
> supplied from a regulator, carbon pile I think, that dropped the
> aircraft's
> 24-28 volt buss to 18 regulated.
>
> In a message dated 3/29/2009 2:48:52 PM Central Standard Time,
> jcoward5452 at aol.com writes:
>> 140309569228
>>
>> On the Eb auction block,not mine,etc.,etc.
>>
>> They have a long shaft possibly for a fan?I'm just guessing maybe they
>> are for the AN/ARC-1 or AN/ARC-4 since those have fans.
>>   Jay
>
> Robert Downs - Houston
> wa5cab dot com (Web Store)
> MVPA 9480
> ______________________________________________________________
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From ramcam at magma.ca  Sun Mar 29 17:20:42 2009
From: ramcam at magma.ca (Ralph Cameron)
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 17:20:42 -0400
Subject: [Milsurplus] No pay list
Message-ID: <3E289DE928244516BBFF0F0600051022@CAMERON>

A couple of months ago I mailed some antenna whip sections to what I thought 
was a member of this group. He was a ham too. Anyway, the antennas didn't 
come back so I assume he received him but he overlooked paying for them.

I hope this doesn't happen frequently as I seldom hear of the complaint and 
chalk it up to experience.

Ralph
VE3BBM 


From jydsk at tds.net  Sun Mar 29 17:39:03 2009
From: jydsk at tds.net (Steve Hilsz)
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 14:39:03 -0700
Subject: [Milsurplus] 12AX7 Tubes Sold
Message-ID: <9816487674FF4D539D5354D693B3F18E@warehouse>

All of my 12AX7 tubes are spoken for.

Thanks

Steve Hilsz

From holden7471 at msn.com  Sun Mar 29 18:54:16 2009
From: holden7471 at msn.com (howard holden)
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 18:54:16 -0400
Subject: [Milsurplus] Coast Guard R-1735/URR receiver
Message-ID: <BLU125-DS417285F14E58A30DFF74AC48C0@phx.gbl>

I am in possession of two of these guys, mounted in a 19 inch rack panel tray. 

Googling does not produce much info beyond what I already know by virtue of having them. 

These are crystal controlled single channel receivers, covering 2039 MHZ, solid state. My particular pair are crystalled for CHU on 3.330 and 7.335 (now obviously no good). 

They work very well fed with a VFO signal 1.650 Mhz higher than the intended receive frequency.  Controls include a preselector band range switch (2-4, 4-8, 8-16, 16-30Mhz), preselector tune, mode switch (PWR off/CW/SSB, AM, RTTY), audio gain, clarifier (which obviously only works if you use the included crystal), RF/AF meter switch, an edgewise meter and antenna peaking control. Also has headphone jack and AC power on indicator lamp. Runs on 120 VAC. 

Any ideas on the era (I'm thinking mid-60s), general type of usage (ship or shore, etc), manufacturer?

Only one has a tag, it has the model number R-1735/URR, DOT CG-03248A, SN 580, Mfr 01649.

Howie WB2AWQ



From pmills7 at comcast.net  Sun Mar 29 20:46:05 2009
From: pmills7 at comcast.net (Phil Mills)
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 19:46:05 -0500
Subject: [Milsurplus] No pay list
In-Reply-To: <3E289DE928244516BBFF0F0600051022@CAMERON>
References: <3E289DE928244516BBFF0F0600051022@CAMERON>
Message-ID: <D17F4133DA9B45D3B9CB449422B2FBF8@Dell>

Ralph,

Sorry for the loss....but, live and learn from the experience.

I've sold lots of stuff on the Internet on e-mail reflectors and the
Bay place.  I always ship with some kind of delivery confirmation.
This is both for my protection as well as that of the buyer.

A few years back I sold a set of tubes to someone on the R-390
reflector.  I shipped them USPS priority with delivery confirmation.
About 3 months later I get an e-mail from the buyer asking where
his tubes were.  I checked the confirmation on the USPS website and
sent the confirmation number to him.  He determined that they arrived
about the time his son was home for the summer from college....turns
out the kid had put the box on a garage shelf and forgot to tell
anyone about it.

Never, never, ship anything without delivery confirmation unless you
are sending it free of charge.

good luck, 73,
Phil
W5BVB


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ralph Cameron" <ramcam at magma.ca>
To: <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2009 4:20 PM
Subject: [Milsurplus] No pay list


>A couple of months ago I mailed some antenna whip sections to what I 
>thought
> was a member of this group. He was a ham too. Anyway, the antennas didn't
> come back so I assume he received him but he overlooked paying for them.
>
> I hope this doesn't happen frequently as I seldom hear of the co\remplaint 
> and
> chalk it up to experience.
>
> Ralph
> VE3BBM
>
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From n7rk at cox.net  Sun Mar 29 21:26:36 2009
From: n7rk at cox.net (David Hollander)
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 18:26:36 -0700
Subject: [Milsurplus] No pay list
In-Reply-To: <D17F4133DA9B45D3B9CB449422B2FBF8@Dell>
References: <3E289DE928244516BBFF0F0600051022@CAMERON>
	<D17F4133DA9B45D3B9CB449422B2FBF8@Dell>
Message-ID: <49D01FCC.8070402@cox.net>

Have to agree with Ralph on the delivery confirmation.

Have sold and shipped many items and about 4 times, the buyer-mailed me 
and said he had not received the item.

Looked up the delivery confirmation number and found it had been 
delivered on such and such date. E-mailed the buyer that info and the 
delivery conformation number and never heard from them again.

I tend to believe that the buyers or someone in their household 
misplaced it, not that they were trying to rip me off.

Dave N7RK
-- 
***********************************************************
Dave  N7RK          Boatanchors Home Page: http://members.cox.net/n7rk
Phoenix, Arizona         *DXCC Honor Roll*    *WAZ#22 - 75 Meter SSB*

ex-XE2/N7RK, N7RK/ZB2, VK2ERK, ZM0AJN, WB6NRK, WN6IWX

Boatanchor and Antique Radio Collector


From bluebirdtele at embarqmail.com  Sun Mar 29 21:33:44 2009
From: bluebirdtele at embarqmail.com (Greg Mijal)
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 21:33:44 -0400
Subject: [Milsurplus] WTB: ARC 5 receiver parts
Message-ID: <26FC6AA19C3944AF947F0380874B0BD6@GregMijalPC>

Hi need a couple of items to complete an ARC 5 receiver project.
For the 3 - 6 mhz receiver.
Need one 12K8 tube and the upper aluminum box and cover that encloses the tubes. Tiny screws to bolt it on would be nice too.
Hey, I saw the ARC 4 rig that was mentioned on the reflector do it's thing at the Timonium hamfest last Saturday.  Very nice set up!
Thanks
Greg
WA7LYO
Kinston NC

From mark.k3msb at gmail.com  Sun Mar 29 21:45:35 2009
From: mark.k3msb at gmail.com (Mark K3MSB)
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 21:45:35 -0400
Subject: [Milsurplus] Timonium Debrief
In-Reply-To: <000f01c9b083$cc753ed0$271cc847@BCXHTR8HVC4P>
References: <000f01c9b083$cc753ed0$271cc847@BCXHTR8HVC4P>
Message-ID: <9ee269240903291845s62145dcbv3424c07e61dcd793@mail.gmail.com>

Hmmm...   maybe I shouldn't admit to being there since I'm not sure
what "E and E'ing" around means....

I was there with my RBH-2 and HT-32 MK1 in the van plus one or two
other things.  Sold my Johnson Matchbox (the 275W version) so at least
I paid for pieces and parts I picked up.

Saw Rob but didn't know who he was (Sorry Rob....).    I had my
official hammy name badge on but of course my jacket was zipped up
because of the rain.....

I wished it would've just plain rained and got it out of it's system;
that blasted continual misting on Saturday was ugly.   Still,  lots
and lots of goodies in the Cow Palace to be had!!

73 Mark K3MSB


On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 11:34 AM, B. Smith <smithab11 at comcast.net> wrote:
> I ?thought it was a great hamfest. I was somewhat disappointed in our "VHF"
> 144.250 Mc activity but we have to start somewhere. It was worth the trip
> just to see Rob and his Jr. Operator Martin ?sitting on the tailgate in the
> rain with an ARC-4 perched precariously on other stuff and wires running
> everywhere. I did not see Rob's TCS so I guess he ran out of room. Rob
> brought me some 5 pin bases to use for coils for my HBR-14 project. BTW Rob
> needs a connector for the ARC-4. ? ?Ray KA3EKH spotting a military discone
> antenna ?that was cut for 200-400 Mcs - the antenna and base can be
> completely collapsed, the antenna was
> over painted ?desert tan ?and came with RG-58 type feedline with TNC to BNC
> adapter on it. I picked it up for ten bucks and may use it this year to
> break the PRC-41 distance record at Gilbert. . .but the rods on the discone
> portion were assembled with lock nuts and bolts so the project may lend
> itself to being modified for ?145.250 and our new VHF activity.
> ? ?Tom Bryan brought me a ?Russian rod antenna for the R-104M ?that
> disassembles and is towed ?under the "secret" door in the power supply. Tom
> was there with a URC-101 on the air.
> ? ?Lt. Col William Perry was there and brought me a connector I can use for
> my TRC-77 and in addition he filled half of my connector requests ?on the
> spot. ?Col Perry he had everything from BC-454's to terminal strips at this
> multiple table site.
> ? ? ? Jeep, K3HVG and Ted W3PWW had a nice ?table set up inside ?the "drive
> in" tail gate area which was all most full. Jeep and Ted run the ?East Coast
> Military Radio net on Saturday morning and Sunday evening. ?It was rumored
> that Mark, K3MSB was there E and E'ing around but that was ?unconfirmed.
> AWOL was Al Klase and Ed Zeranski.
>
> 73 breck k4che
>
>
>
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From ramcam at magma.ca  Sun Mar 29 22:10:49 2009
From: ramcam at magma.ca (Ralph Cameron)
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 22:10:49 -0400
Subject: [Milsurplus] No pay list
Message-ID: <7F4AE3FC5D16491BA6534297BFF381AD@CAMERON>

Thanks for the feedback. In case you are not aware the tracking number used 
in the Canadian Postal service disappears once the package crosses the 
border. I'm not sure how it works with a signature but I'll find out.

I've never had a problem until now.

73
Ralph
VE3BBM 


From jfor at quik.com  Sun Mar 29 22:16:28 2009
From: jfor at quik.com (J. Forster)
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 19:16:28 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Milsurplus] No pay list
In-Reply-To: <7F4AE3FC5D16491BA6534297BFF381AD@CAMERON>
References: <7F4AE3FC5D16491BA6534297BFF381AD@CAMERON>
Message-ID: <1519.12.6.201.108.1238379388.squirrel@pop.quik.com>

The tracking number AND the radio too.

-John


> Thanks for the feedback. In case you are not aware the tracking number
> used
> in the Canadian Postal service disappears once the package crosses the
> border. I'm not sure how it works with a signature but I'll find out.
>
> I've never had a problem until now.
>
> 73
> Ralph
> VE3BBM



From kd7jyk at earthlink.net  Sun Mar 29 22:26:56 2009
From: kd7jyk at earthlink.net (KD7JYK DM09)
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 19:26:56 -0700
Subject: [Milsurplus] No pay list
References: <3E289DE928244516BBFF0F0600051022@CAMERON><D17F4133DA9B45D3B9CB449422B2FBF8@Dell>
	<49D01FCC.8070402@cox.net>
Message-ID: <00f701c9b0e0$8f2b1ce0$3064f504@classified>

Unfortunately, delivery confirmation only tells you that the item arrived at
the post office at the persons city.  It could be lost at the office, by the
delivery person, not delivered, or delivered and stolen after that.

You want to send an item registered with a return-receipt that the intended
recipient must sign to know he actually got it.

There are far too many places and ways for an item to never reach its
destination after it has been "confirmed" delivered.

Kurt



From wrcromwell at gmail.com  Sun Mar 29 22:56:02 2009
From: wrcromwell at gmail.com (Bill Cromwell)
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 22:56:02 -0400
Subject: [Milsurplus] No pay list
In-Reply-To: <mailman.2203.1238377540.9852.milsurplus@mailman.qth.net>
References: <mailman.2203.1238377540.9852.milsurplus@mailman.qth.net>
Message-ID: <1238381762.3066.8.camel@lancelot.workgroup>

Hi Ralph,

I have had fantastic luck buying and selling on the internet. Most of my
disappointments come from people who are all excited about a deal and
then don't show up. I sent a guy on the Kenwood list a couple of 9 pin
connectors for just the postage. I never got the postage (not very much)
and never could get another response from him, either. I think the
advice about delivery confirmation is good if you are sending something
with any real value. I have never used it but I probably will start just
to keep things going smoothly. In that Kenwood case I guess it wouldn't
have made any difference.

73,

Bill  KU8H


From bsugarberg at core.com  Sun Mar 29 23:59:30 2009
From: bsugarberg at core.com (Bruce)
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 22:59:30 -0500
Subject: [Milsurplus] No pay list
In-Reply-To: <00f701c9b0e0$8f2b1ce0$3064f504@classified>
References: <3E289DE928244516BBFF0F0600051022@CAMERON><D17F4133DA9B45D3B9CB449422B2FBF8@Dell>	<49D01FCC.8070402@cox.net>
	<00f701c9b0e0$8f2b1ce0$3064f504@classified>
Message-ID: <49D043A2.9060806@core.com>

Hello,

 From the USPS web site:

"Delivery Confirmation 	
	Know when it got there with Delivery Confirmation.
	Verify delivery with Delivery Confirmation. Our low cost Delivery 
Confirmation service gives you the date, ZIP Code and time your article was 
delivered. If delivery was attempted you will get the date and time of 
attempted delivery. You can easily access this information with our Track & 
Confirm tool."

73, Bruce WA8TNC
==================
KD7JYK DM09 wrote:
> Unfortunately, delivery confirmation only tells you that the item arrived at
> the post office at the persons city.  It could be lost at the office, by the
> delivery person, not delivered, or delivered and stolen after that.
> 
> You want to send an item registered with a return-receipt that the intended
> recipient must sign to know he actually got it.
> 
> There are far too many places and ways for an item to never reach its
> destination after it has been "confirmed" delivered.
> 
> Kurt

From w8au at sssnet.com  Mon Mar 30 00:20:43 2009
From: w8au at sssnet.com (w8au at sssnet.com)
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:20:43 -0400
Subject: [Milsurplus] No pay list
In-Reply-To: <D17F4133DA9B45D3B9CB449422B2FBF8@Dell>
References: <3E289DE928244516BBFF0F0600051022@CAMERON>
	<D17F4133DA9B45D3B9CB449422B2FBF8@Dell>
Message-ID: <20090330042050.7B3C2373813A@mailman.qth.net>

Hello group:

Anyone have any Mast Sections MS-43 through MS-54 that they don't need?
Or know of any source?   (Matches MP-48 mount)

Needed for final touches on restored Jeep.

TIA,
Perry   w8au


From etgreeley at earthlink.net  Mon Mar 30 00:23:49 2009
From: etgreeley at earthlink.net (Edward Greeley)
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 23:23:49 -0500
Subject: [Milsurplus] No pay list
In-Reply-To: <49D043A2.9060806@core.com>
References: <3E289DE928244516BBFF0F0600051022@CAMERON><D17F4133DA9B45D3B9CB449422B2FBF8@Dell>	<49D01FCC.8070402@cox.net>	<00f701c9b0e0$8f2b1ce0$3064f504@classified>
	<49D043A2.9060806@core.com>
Message-ID: <49D04955.40608@earthlink.net>

All:

Please note that the blurb quoted by Bruce does NOT mention anything 
about the ADDRESS to which a delivery is "confirmed". A ZIP code does 
NOT a delivery address make!

I agree entirely with Kurt. USPS "delivery confirmation" is worth WAY 
LESS than what you pay for it, rather like USPS "insurance". I have a 
P.O. box. I frequently order movie DVDs, books, electronic parts, and 
other small stuff that is shipped by USPS to my P.O. box with "deliery 
confirmation" required by the vendor. Years ago, delivery confirmation 
items were held in the back office until I called for them, THEN the 
items were scanned and handed to me. No more. Now they apparently scan 
the items to "confirm" delivery as soon as they arrive at the P.O., then 
place the items in the recipient's box, maybe, or maybe they put the 
items in SOMEONE ELSE'S box. I have REPEATEDLY received items anywhere 
from several days to more than a week after delivery was "confirmed". It 
does no good to complain to the station manager whose attitude is "Well, 
you DID get it, didn't you?" Or "Oh, it must have been mispitched [stuck 
in the wrong box]." Or "We've been SO busy these last few days, some 
mistakes are gonna happen." And so on. The USPS "Equal Opportunity 
Employees" couldn't care less. If given the option by the vendor, I 
ALWAYS refuse to pay for "delivery confirmation". Why bother? You pays 
your money and you takes your chances!

Ed


Bruce wrote:

> Hello,
> 
>  From the USPS web site:
> 
> "Delivery Confirmation 	
> 	Know when it got there with Delivery Confirmation.
> 	Verify delivery with Delivery Confirmation. Our low cost Delivery 
> Confirmation service gives you the date, ZIP Code and time your article was 
> delivered. If delivery was attempted you will get the date and time of 
> attempted delivery. You can easily access this information with our Track & 
> Confirm tool."
> 
> 73, Bruce WA8TNC
> ==================
> KD7JYK DM09 wrote:
> 
>>Unfortunately, delivery confirmation only tells you that the item arrived at
>>the post office at the persons city.  It could be lost at the office, by the
>>delivery person, not delivered, or delivered and stolen after that.
>>
>>You want to send an item registered with a return-receipt that the intended
>>recipient must sign to know he actually got it.
>>
>>There are far too many places and ways for an item to never reach its
>>destination after it has been "confirmed" delivered.
>>
>>Kurt
>

From w8au at sssnet.com  Mon Mar 30 00:33:09 2009
From: w8au at sssnet.com (w8au at sssnet.com)
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:33:09 -0400
Subject: [Milsurplus] Antenna sections
Message-ID: <20090330043319.4FF8E3738114@mailman.qth.net>

Hello group: Sorry for the faulty subject line in first email.

Anyone have any Mast Sections MS-43 through MS-54 that they don't need?
Or know of any source?   (Matches MP-48 mount)

Needed for final touches on restored Jeep.

TIA,
Perry   w8au 

From robandpj at earthlink.net  Mon Mar 30 17:02:08 2009
From: robandpj at earthlink.net (Robert Flory)
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:02:08 -0400
Subject: [Milsurplus] What for? Power Supply
Message-ID: <410-2200931302128750@earthlink.net>

CQC-20409
A Unit of Model MAR radio equipment.
Only thing is, there is no trace of it in my MAR manual.
A low-power DC supply, 115VDC input.  Maybe powers a remote control?
Bottom line.... I have one and a schematic would be handy for adaptive use if I can't find someone who needs it.

Rob

From AAF-Radio-1 at aafradio.org  Mon Mar 30 17:45:39 2009
From: AAF-Radio-1 at aafradio.org (Mike Hanz)
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:45:39 -0400
Subject: [Milsurplus] What for? Power Supply
In-Reply-To: <410-2200931302128750@earthlink.net>
References: <410-2200931302128750@earthlink.net>
Message-ID: <49D13D83.3010109@aafradio.org>

NAVSHIPS 900,109 sez:

"Supplies operating voltages to 23497 selector control unit and 23496 
remote control - indicator unit when operating with RDR and MAR." 

They appear to be more related to the RDZ and TDZ, so perhaps a chase 
down that thread would yield more info.

73,
Mike

Robert Flory wrote:

>CQC-20409
>A Unit of Model MAR radio equipment.
>Only thing is, there is no trace of it in my MAR manual.
>A low-power DC supply, 115VDC input.  Maybe powers a remote control?
>Bottom line.... I have one and a schematic would be handy for adaptive use if I can't find someone who needs it.
>
>Rob
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From WA5CAB at cs.com  Mon Mar 30 18:13:17 2009
From: WA5CAB at cs.com (WA5CAB at cs.com)
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:13:17 EDT
Subject: [Milsurplus] What for? Power Supply
Message-ID: <d1c.3e4093b8.37029dfd@cs.com>

NS 900,777 may have the schematic (it covers the remote selector).  When I 
get time, I'll try to locate the copy I am supposed to have.  BTW, my database 
entry says the supply is 115 VAC input (and 12 VDC output).

In a message dated 3/30/2009 3:46:26 PM Central Standard Time, 
AAF-Radio-1 at aafradio.org writes: 
> NAVSHIPS 900,109 sez:
> 
> "Supplies operating voltages to 23497 selector control unit and 23496 
> remote control - indicator unit when operating with RDR and MAR." 
> 
> They appear to be more related to the RDZ and TDZ, so perhaps a chase 
> down that thread would yield more info.
> 
> 73,
> Mike
> 
> Robert Flory wrote:
> 
> >CQC-20409
> >A Unit of Model MAR radio equipment.
> >Only thing is, there is no trace of it in my MAR manual.
> >A low-power DC supply, 115VDC input.  Maybe powers a remote control?
> >Bottom line.... I have one and a schematic would be handy for adaptive use 
> if I can't find someone who needs it.
> >
> >Rob
> 

Robert & Susan Downs - Houston
wa5cab dot com (Web Store)
MVPA 9480

From kd7jyk at earthlink.net  Mon Mar 30 21:36:14 2009
From: kd7jyk at earthlink.net (KD7JYK DM09)
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:36:14 -0700
Subject: [Milsurplus] No pay list
References: <3E289DE928244516BBFF0F0600051022@CAMERON><D17F4133DA9B45D3B9CB449422B2FBF8@Dell>	<49D01FCC.8070402@cox.net><00f701c9b0e0$8f2b1ce0$3064f504@classified>
	<49D043A2.9060806@core.com>
Message-ID: <022d01c9b1a1$420d7900$8a65f504@classified>

I received numerous packages today.  All with "confirmation".  I
enquired at the post office while running errands...

"They know when we got it, we scan it when it comes off the truck and we get
to it some time later".

Nobody knows if I ever got them, but they know they were scanned and marked
delivered sometime today.

That's what they said, that's how it is...

Kurt

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce" <bsugarberg at core.com>

: "Delivery Confirmation
: Know when it got there with Delivery Confirmation.
: Verify delivery with Delivery Confirmation. Our low cost Delivery
: Confirmation service gives you the date, ZIP Code and time your article
was
: delivered. If delivery was attempted you will get the date and time of
: attempted delivery. You can easily access this information with our Track
&
: Confirm tool."


From mcenfalz at humboldt1.com  Tue Mar 31 01:06:22 2009
From: mcenfalz at humboldt1.com (Laura and Jim)
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 22:06:22 -0700
Subject: [Milsurplus] I need a drink...
Message-ID: <40A36E588038442EA86B4D4DC833B8E9@HomePC>

R-392 hack job
#300302904264 at the ePlace
Someone had a grand vision. At least that what they called it.

Cheers!

Jim Falls
KG6FWT
Eureka, CA

From Military1944 at aol.com  Tue Mar 31 12:55:52 2009
From: Military1944 at aol.com (Military1944 at aol.com)
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 12:55:52 EDT
Subject: [Milsurplus] Mk119 tx on AM
Message-ID: <c87.4a5e28f5.3703a518@aol.com>

Mk119 tx on Amplitude mod.
 
Moving some stuff around I found a Mk119 tx and psu that I had pushed under  
a table ages ago. 
 
After finding a faulty ht diode the psu is working, tried the tx and a good  
12W out on cw. 
 
This example has the a.m. board fitted but am having problems with it.  
Looked like someone had altered the wiring so I have returned the wiring as per  
the circuit in WFTW book.  Am finding though there is a big drain on the pa  
screen R when switched to A.M., as one would expect as the mod circuit current  
is also going through the screen R but the mod unit, just the EF72 and EL72  
tubes, seem to be pulling 35mA which seems quite a bit for the power involved. I 
 have changed all the caps in the mod though non were showing low resistance, 
 better to be sure than not, but no difference. 
 
So, just wondered if anyone else had ever played with an A.M. modded  Mk119?
 
There's not much else to check so a bit stumped now. Cannot even find  
details of EL72 on web. 
 
cheers, Ben.
 

From n7rk at cox.net  Tue Mar 31 17:48:41 2009
From: n7rk at cox.net (David Hollander)
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:48:41 -0700
Subject: [Milsurplus] FS: Military, Heathkit, Hallicrafters, Howard,
	Eico and Other Stuff
Message-ID: <49D28FB9.2020708@cox.net>

I have a bunch of stuff that is tired of living in my garage and needs 
new homes.

Prices do not include shipping.   I will ship overseas.

Reasonable offers accepted :-)

Thanks for looking and 73.........Dave N7RK

BC-348-R Receiver with with FT-154 Shock Mount....$200 plus shipping
Has ac supply built in and works well. Appears to be all original except 
for the ac supply. The case has some corrosion damage on the the back 
upper right side. It is only the case, not in the radio.
http://members.cox.net/radiodx3/bc348r.JPG
http://members.cox.net/radiodx3/bc348r2.JPG
http://members.cox.net/radiodx3/bc348r3.JPG
http://members.cox.net/radiodx3/bc348r5.JPG
http://members.cox.net/radiodx3/bc348r6.JPG
http://members.cox.net/radiodx3/bc348r7.JPG
http://members.cox.net/radiodx3/bc348r92.JPG

LS-11 Military Loudspeaker...$40 plus shipping
Clean, working unit
http://members.cox.net/radiodx5/ls11.JPG
http://members.cox.net/radiodx5/ls112.JPG

Hallicrafters S-118 Receiver..........$35 plus shipping
Works quite well but cosmetically challenged. I have never seen one of 
these before and it is much better than an S-120  which looks very 
similar. Face is cracked as can be seen in photos. Back cover is split 
but can be fixed.
http://members.cox.net/radiodx5/hallis_118.JPG
http://members.cox.net/radiodx5/hallis_1182.JPG
http://members.cox.net/radiodx5/hallis_1183.JPG
http://members.cox.net/radiodx5/hallis_1184.JPG

Heathkit AR-2 Receiver.........$30 plus shipping
Works but cosmetically challenged.
http://members.cox.net/radiodx5/heath_ar2.JPG
http://members.cox.net/radiodx5/heath_ar22.JPG
http://members.cox.net/radiodx5/heath_ar23.JPG
http://members.cox.net/radiodx5/heath_ar24.JPG

Howard 430 Receiver.................$75 plus shipping
This is a 6 tube communications receiver with internal speaker built in 
1939 and 1940. More info can be found on my Howard web page at:
http://members.cox.net/n7rk/howard.htm
This is a project that I got 10 years ago and will never get to. The 
power transformer is OK. Their are some disconnected wires inside.
http://members.cox.net/radiodx3/howard430.JPG
http://members.cox.net/radiodx3/howard4302.JPG
http://members.cox.net/radiodx3/howard4303.JPG
http://members.cox.net/radiodx3/howard4304.JPG
http://members.cox.net/radiodx3/howard4305.JPG

Eico 950B Capacitor Checker....$50 plus shipping
Clean, working unit with photocopy of manual.
http://members.cox.net/radiodx5/eico950b.JPG
http://members.cox.net/radiodx5/eico950b2.JPG
http://members.cox.net/radiodx5/eico950b3.JPG

Heathkit PS-3 Adjustable High Voltage Power Supply.....$125 plus shipping
Clean, working unit with photocopy of partial manual. Good up to 500 volts.
http://members.cox.net/radiodx5/heathps3.JPG

Heathkit IG-42 Signal Generator........$50 plus shipping
Clean, working unit with photocopy of manual.
http://members.cox.net/radiodx5/heath_ig42.JPG
http://members.cox.net/radiodx5/heath_ig422.JPG

RCA WR-50B Signal Generator....$40 plus shipping
Clean, working unit with photocopy of manual.
http://members.cox.net/radiodx5/rca_wr50b.JPG
http://members.cox.net/radiodx5/rca_wr50b2.JPG

7.5 Amp Japanese Variac new in the box - $40 plus shipping
http://members.cox.net/radiodx5/ja_variac.JPG
http://members.cox.net/radiodx5/ja_variac2.JPG

Heathkit and Drake Original Manuals
I also have the following original Heathkit, National, Drake and a few 
other manuals for sale.
List can be viewed here:
http://members.cox.net/radiostuff9/manuals_fs.htm

I will be adding another 200 original and many unusual Heathkit manuals 
as soon as I finish the list.

-- 
***********************************************************
Dave  N7RK          Boatanchors Home Page: http://members.cox.net/n7rk
Phoenix, Arizona         *DXCC Honor Roll*    *WAZ#22 - 75 Meter SSB*

ex-XE2/N7RK, N7RK/ZB2, VK2ERK, ZM0AJN, WB6NRK, WN6IWX

Boatanchor and Antique Radio Collector


From kargo_cult at msn.com  Tue Mar 31 20:18:17 2009
From: kargo_cult at msn.com (Hue Miller)
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:18:17 -0800
Subject: [Milsurplus] The GRC-9 receiver
References: <mailman.65.1238428810.9693.milsurplus@mailman.qth.net>
Message-ID: <BAY109-DAV12EE0D0A7C32DF012732F4E48B0@phx.gbl>

That little plastic lens over the tuning scale in the receiver -
isn't that about the worst thing about this receiver? I hate
it. The clear plastic cover used in the BC-1306 i think is
much preferable. -Hue Miller 

