Richard, see these sites:

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Electronics_Type_Designation_System

In 1957 the U.S. Department of Defense approved a military standard for the nomenclature, MIL-STD-196. The system has been modified over time, with some types ( ...

‎Applicability · ‎Organization · ‎Type Designation (Unit) · ‎Additional Specifiers

Summary of Military Nomenclature System

jptronics.org

http://jptronics.org/Military/JANAP161/an.definition.html

The "AN" system (now called the Joint Electronics Type Designation System or JETDS), consists of a name, followed by a type number. A type designation ...

Designations Of U.S. Military Electronic And ...

http://www.designation-systems.net/usmilav/electronics.html

Feb 3, 2008 — All designations are prefixed by "AN/". Originally, this stood for "Army-Navy", but this interpretation is no longer valid. Nowadays, "AN/" is ...

‎History · ‎Sets And Systems · ‎Components (Groups And Units) · ‎Training Equipment==. ==. ==

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World War Two Nomenclature Systems

San Francisco Maritime National Park Association

https://maritime.org › tech › radionames

The Navy used a series of two and three-letter designators for systems, while using a 5-digit type number for each system component. Both of these systems ...

https://maritime.org/tech/radionames.php

Ray Mote wrote this article for:

ELECTRIC RADIO Magazine

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At the CHRS museum, we have a WW-II Navy version of the pre-war NC 1-10, nomenclature RBT-2. The "2" means the third contract, not necessarily (as far as I know) a modification or improvement.

For what it's worth, it's hard to know what was meant at the time by many of the three letter Navy radio names. Maybe someone does?

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Texts only to: 415 902 7168

www.bartlee.com

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On Mon, Mar 27, 2023 at 8:47 AM kn7sfz <[email protected]> wrote:

Thanks!

I'm interested in knowing what all those abbreviations mean and perhaps how they came about. LOVE military nomenclature.

Thanks for the PDF!

Richard kn7sfz

On 3/27/2023 8:17 AM, Michael Hanz wrote:
Or did you mean the late Navy nomenclature system prior to the A/N system, i.e. RAA, RAB, RAC....RAV, RAW, RAX, RAY, RAZ?

- Mike

On 3/27/2023 11:11 AM, Michael Hanz wrote:
The one Gordon White wrote for CQ in Nov 1964 is an excellent overview - pdf attached.

- Mike KC4TOS

On 3/27/2023 10:30 AM, kn7sfz wrote:

Is there a website that explains what RAV, RAX and RAT mean in these marvelous receivers?

Asking for a friend and tnx,

Richard kn7sfz
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