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Also SCR-183 isn't AKA BC-229 and BC-230, they are the receiver and the 
transmitter for the set, which runs off of 12-14 VDC.  The SCR-283 is 24-28 VDC 
and the receiver and transmitter are BC-429 and BC-430, not BC-229 and 
BC-230.  The only parts from one set that will work with the other one are the 
tubes, control boxes and connectors.  The only parts of any GF, RU or GF/RU 
that will work with either SCR-183 or SCR-283 are a few of the connectors and 
the receiver tuning head, which under various nomenclature and with various 
dials was otherwise common to several sets.  And to make matters even more 
confusing, some components in both lines (Navy and Army) only work with a 
few other number or letter models.  Plus the Army had no corollary to the RU 
Liason receivers or to the dynamotors used with them (which will not run a 
transmitter).   

Robert Downs - Houston
wa5cab dot com (Web Store)
MVPA 9480

In a message dated 08/03/2014 17:17:17 PM Central Daylight Time, 
aaf-radio-1 at aafradio.org writes: 
> On 8/3/2014 5:52 PM, AKLDGUY . wrote:
> >I understand that the SCR-183/283 (aka BC-229/BC-230) was Western 
> Electric
> >designed and was assembled by no other maker.
> 
> Well, actually, no.  It, and the original RU/GF, were designed by the 
> Aircraft Radio Corporation, who later brought you that set we all know 
> and love.  The various letter pairs between the SCR and 183 refer to 
> different contracts.  I believe the first Western Electric contract (and 
> the only one with a white transmitter RF current meter face) was the 
> SCR-AF-183 contract.  My personal set is an SCR-AE-183 - at 
> http://aafradio.org/flightdeck/1935/SCR-AE-183.html - you can see it 
> ain't no Western Electric model.
>