[ARC5] RAT/RAV radios question

[Tom Lee]

Thanks, Ken, for confirming my suspicions. You can use a RAT for 
rag-chewing, but not a RAG for rat-chewing.

-- Cheers,
Tom

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On 6/22/2020 17:26, Kenneth G. Gordon wrote:
> On 22 Jun 2020 at 16:22, kn7sfz wrote:
>
>> I for one, would be interested in what RAT and RAV stand for?
> They don't, and never did, "stand for" anything. Those are the Navy's designation for differing
> series of radios.
>
> I am guessing that they started with RA and ran through at least RZZ. I have seen photos of
> an RAA on, I believe, Nick England's Navy Radio site and www.navy-radio.com
>
> Also, here is an RAA-3:
>
> http://www.radioblvd.com/RAA-3_LW_Receiver.htm
>
> Ken W7EKB
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