[ARC5] [Milsurplus] Ft. Worth Aviation Museum Asking for Our Help

[Craig]

Paul: I got to thinking last night at work. I've got an acquaintance out 
on the west coast that has several military vehicles and has a number of 
contacts out there. I'll ping him to see if he knows of anyone with any 
of the radio chests for the jeeps and see what he says.


Craig

KF5JOT

On 7/27/21 1:38 PM, Paul Thekan wrote:
> Craig
>  Thanks for getting in contact with me.
> There are some unique features on the CH 17 chest that I'd need to see 
> to make a close duplication of one.
>  I have a CH 60 chest that I plan to mount in my WC 58 radio command 
> car with the SCR 193.
> There is a fellow in Italy who restored or got dimensions off the 
> chest and made a new one. He frequents another venue the G503 where I 
> put a want out for info on the chest...hoping he'd reply. But he has 
> not done so and probably is not intetested in helping....there are 
> folks like that.
>  Anyway something will turn up and I very much appreciate your help.
> 73
> Paul
> N6FEG
>
> On Tue, Jul 27, 2021, 11:17 AM Craig via ARC5 <arc5 at mailman.qth.net 
> <mailto:arc5 at mailman.qth.net>> wrote:
>
>     Paul: TM-11-2717 has some dimension for the CH-215 chest for the -193
>     installed in the M3A1 Scout Car. If one could chase down the TM
>     for the
>     same, but for the radio jeep, there might be some success. TM-11-273
>     also shows a CH-60 chest for the -193A-E versions.
>
>     Here's a link: https://radionerds.com/index.php/SCR-193
>     <https://radionerds.com/index.php/SCR-193>
>
>     Craig
>
>     KF5JOT
>
>     On 7/26/21 1:40 PM, Paul Thekan wrote:
>     > The VRC-1 would do the job as it used the SCR 193 for HF and the
>     SCR
>     > 543 (SCR 522) for VHF and it was all mounted in the large CH 217
>     chest.
>     > Unfortunately it takes up the whole rear half of the jeep and these
>     > folks don't want that.
>     >  I've been working on piecing this set up and have everything
>     except
>     > the CH 217 chest. Can fabricate a chest but have not found any
>     > dimensional dwg of one or a chest where I could get some dimensions
>     > off of.
>     >
>     >
>     >
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