[AMRadio] Re: Converting old 1.8-4.0 MHz AM Marine Radios

[Kim Elmore]

Thanks Dennis!

I figured that this must have been the case.  I have trouble imagining what 
being a radio officer on a merchant ship must have been like in, say, the 
70's. I've never seen any of the equipment, and I've read little about it. 
 From what I've heard, it certainly wasn't a cushy or "romantic" job; most 
had additional duties beyond simply manning the radio. A few were not 
particularly good operators and had terrible CW skills -- it was simply a 
job.  I've read about conditions around WWII in the QCWA Journal, and many 
were nothing short of horrific. Most of what I hear about is CW, but I know 
there had to be a fair bit of 'phone used, too, and I assume that most of 
that was AM for quite a while.

It's hard to dig up much of the history of this after WWII, either about 
day-to-day operations or equipment used.  Does anyone have a good source or 
reference?

73,

Kim Elmore, N5OP

At 08:11 PM 9/9/2004, you wrote:

>In a message dated 9/9/04 5:00:41 PM, Kim.Elmore at noaa.gov writes:
>
>
> > Now, this last part got me to wondering: were regenerative receivers made
> > and used commercially in shipboard service within living memory?
> >
>
>Oh yes, particularly in the LF/MF range.   The RCA AR-8510 (15 to 650 kc)
>being one example which was standard on the on the WW2 Victory 
>ships.   Also, the
>Navy used the RAK and RAL regens which together covered 15 kc to 22mc up into
>the 50s.
>
>Dennis D. W7QHO
>Glendale, CA
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                           Kim Elmore, Ph.D.
                        University of Oklahoma
         Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies
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greatest of these is Maybe" The original Latin appears to be garbled.