[ARC5] Another bit of SCR-183 trivia

[Kludge]

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From: arc5-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:arc5-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On
Behalf Of David Stinson
> While this is an interesting article.  The date of publication
> is 1933, but according to the cites it was written in 1932.
> A trial prototype could be assigned an SCR- number,
> not be procured and that number be reassigned.  Since
> the SCR-183 we know is circa 1933, the timing would 
> indicate that's what happened.

This is going to ramble a bit for which I apologize.  It's been one of
*those* days.

According to Ships 242A, the GF is a 1932* product.  The original
ARC-designed Stromberg-Carlson Model D receiver on which the receive
portions of the military equipment was based was presented in the Oct 1930
issue of QST with the transmitters being created sometime between then and
1932.  I can't help but wonder if the AAC didn't have their eyes on what the
Navy was doing with the Model D in the form of the GF and possibly didn't
have it already in a few aircraft on a trial basis.  If I might be allowed a
further conjecture, the airmail pilots almost certainly were already using
the Model D by that time so they could be excellent sources of information
regarding the receivers.  

* Lovely year.  It also brought us the 1932 Ford 3 window coupe although I
tend to prefer the '34 Ford coupe. :-)

Given the tight purse strings the Army was operating with at the time, it
would make sense that a proven product would get the green light over one
not yet proven.  On the other hand, what was learned from the Artillery's
"SCR-183" probably came in handy later on when applies to the FM equipment
fielded during WW II.  

Now, when was the SCR-183 designation moved to the one we all know and love?

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