[ARC5] [Milsurplus] RU/GF vs. RU-Stand-Alone Circuit Differences and Other Info

[Kludge]

-----Original Message-----
From: milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Mike Morrow
> I have information from Michael that the RU-2 was used with the GF, but
> also that in the original system, the both the transmitter and the
receiver
> were nomenclatured as "GF".  Perhaps Michael can verify that the GF
> transmitter was used with a GF receiver, but then later was paired with
> the RU-2 receiver in place of the original GF receiver.

This is correct.  I have the original GF manual which includes the RU-2
supplement.  The original GF receiver was the same as the SCR-AA-183's
BC-AA-179 while the RU-2 was redesigned to include a BFO.  The Army never
did that but rather relied on an external BFO, the BC-**-183.  (Side
question: How long was this used and under what circumstances?)  

>From what I understand the RU (no suffix) designation was applied to the GF
Rx when it was used without the Tx.  The RU-1 remains a mystery, the answer
to which I'm sure someone here knows ... but may not know they know.  Maybe
it maps to the BC-AD-219, although from what Dave Stinson presented, that
may have been a WE radio.  

Something I'm still trying to puzzle out is what revisions of the 46048 or
46051 were used with which model and what is interchangeable with what.
Also, when did the 52063 Tx get replaced with the 52063A?  Aside from what
you mentioned, what was compatible with what?  Etc.

So many questions, I know.

Best regards,
 
Michael, WH7HG BL01xh
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