[ARC5] SCR-183/-283: Anyone Still Care?

[Paul Thekan]

Have collected most all the pcs needed for the SCR 283 over the years as
well as for the GF 11 RU 16.
 Back in 1971 when a Novice at the old Aeronurotic Ford , as we called it,
swap, I bought a complete GF/RU set with all the coils for $8...it was
under the swap table.
It looks like a student at Stanford back in the day had bought the set NIB
as the s/n's all match. He had built this very nice 1" angle iron frame set
up to mount and support the entire set including the dynamotor. One nicely
made complete set up....oh and connectors even then not easy to come
by...he used copper tubing cut and cloth covered wire soldered to the cut
pcs of tubing to attach to all the connectors and did a very good job of it.

Was going to disassemble it from the the frame it was mounted on, stupid
kid..and thank goodness I didnt...so up it went into the loft in the garage
where its been for 50+ years.
Will get it back down cleaned up.. bearings cleaned up and repacked and get
it back on the air.
I've collected all the pcs to make up a complete GF/RU ...and not harm this
set up that was so nicely made..


Paul
N6FEG




On Tue, Jun 16, 2026, 7:03 AM scottjohnson1--- via ARC5 <
arc5 at mailman.qth.net> wrote:

> It occurs to me that there might be an opportunity to perhaps create a
> group that focuses on pre-war radio equipment.  IMO, it is a niche that is
> underserved, and it seems that many questions go unanswered on most WWII
> oriented forums.  The interwar years saw a great deal of innovation, but
> production numbers were comparatively low, so interest follows volume, I
> guess.  Any opinions?
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> Scott V. Johnson W7SVJ
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> *From:* arc5-bounces at mailman.qth.net <arc5-bounces at mailman.qth.net> *On
> Behalf Of *Mark K3MSB via ARC5
> *Sent:* Tuesday, June 16, 2026 6:36 AM
> *To:* Jack Antonio <scr287 at att.net>
> *Cc:* arc5 at mailman.qth.net
> *Subject:* Re: [ARC5] SCR-183/-283: Anyone Still Care?
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> >> Just curious as to what prompted the question?
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> Jack, I'm curious as to why Dave asked that question as well.
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> I will be starting a new thread on the SCR-183/283 in a few days.... need
> to finish my reading / research first.....
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> 73 Mark K3MSB
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> On Mon, Jun 15, 2026 at 9:39 AM Jack Antonio via ARC5 <
> arc5 at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
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> Yes, I do.
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> I have both an SCR-183 and GF-11/RU-16 put together.
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> I need to take some pictures of them, but it will
> take a week or so to get to it.
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> Just curious as to what prompted the question?
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> Jack
> WA7DIA
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> On 6/13/2026 11:34 AM, arc5--- via ARC5 wrote:
> > Besides Mike Hanz and me, is there anyone left this side of
> > the pearly gates who cares for (meaning they do
> > something, not just add another box in the garage),
> > SCR-183 / -283?  How about GF/RU?
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