[Milsurplus] King KMC 95 Transceiver

[boeing377 at gmail.com]

Best marine HF receiver I ever used from a corrosion resistance standpoint
was a surplus R 392. We used it mostly as a galley morale radio listening
to SWBC and especially sports news on Armed Forces Radio Network. It did ok
as a backup communications receiver too. SSB could be copied using the BFO.
It wasn’t hifi but it was good enough. We fed the audio into an outboard
amp for adequate speaker volume.

That radio was SEALED. It even had seals on the control shafts. During a
commercial fishing trip the front panel would get very messy with fish
scales, blood and so forth. We’d unplug it, take it out on the deck, throw
some dishwashing detergent on it and wash the front panel with a powerful
fresh water spray. No harm, no water intrusion and it cleaned up really
nice.

Mark
AF6IM



On Mon, Sep 2, 2024 at 5:40 PM Hubert Miller <Kargo_cult at msn.com> wrote:

> I have a boat radio manual, from the early SSB period, from i think, SEA
> if not Northern. It talks about off - gassing from the fish harvest as
> being one of the destructive elements
> affecting these radios.
> -Hue Miller
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