[ARC5] Trivial question. Meaning of "SCR"

[Sandy Blaize]

Thank goodness they got rid of the SCR numbers and went to the JAN system. 
Made a lot more sense.
73,
Sandy W5TVW


-----Original Message----- 
From: Mike Hanz
Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2013 4:55 PM
To: ARC-5 List
Subject: Re: [ARC5] Trivial question. Meaning of "SCR"

The Voice of Reason in a mad world...:-)

On 3/30/2013 5:49 PM, gordon white wrote:
> If you look back to the beginning of military radio, SCR = set, complete, 
> radio. There was a lot of military jargonof the same ilk. AN ("Army-Navy) 
> of course came in during WW II and was more explanatory.
>
> "Signal Corps Radio" doesn't cut it since there were non-Signal Corps 
> radios, believe it or not. And even if you wanted to go that way, SCR 
> would make no sense, since they were defining a complete set or radio 
> system, made up of Basic Components.
>
>  - Gordon White

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