[ARC5] Trivial question. Meaning of "SCR"

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"Set, Complete, Radio" is what I once saw in a Signal Corps document from 
the 1920's or earlier.  But I've long since forgotten what the document title 
was.  It's meaning as "Signal Corps Radio" I suspect we have the media to 
thank for.  Like calling a BC-611 a "Walkie Talkie".  In any case, I haven't 
been able to turn up a Signal Corps nomenclature chart here today, only Navy 
and AN.

Robert D.

In a message dated 03/30/2013 15:29:23 PM Central Daylight Time, 
vk2bcu at operamail.com writes: 
> Hello Bob/List-members,
> Once I believed "SCR" meant "Signal Corps Radio" and then I came to
> believe it meant "Set - Complete Radio".
> Now I don't know what to believe.  Maybe I'm ready for reality TV?
> If I don't know what "SCR" means will I be voted off the list?
> 
> What does SCR mean?
> 
> 73
> 
> PS  Some people think "SCR" is a 4 layer thyristor, but they are just
> plain WRONG there!
> 
> -- 
>   Leslie Smith
>   vk2bcu at operamail.com
> 
> 
> On Fri, Mar 29, 2013, at 10:45, Bob Macklin wrote:
> >Start by understanding the ARC-5 units were manufactured for the US navy. 
> 
> >The SCR-274 units were manufactured for the USAAC/USAAF. SCR stands for 
> >"Signal Corps Radio".
> >
> >If I remember right the ARC-5 transmitters were plate modulated and the 
> >SCR-274 radios were screen modulated.
> >
> >Bob Macklin
> >K5MYJ
> >Seattle, Wa.
> >"Real Radios Glow In The Dark"
> 

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