[Boatanchors] Documentation for Navy ATD and REH Gear

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Tom,

TM 11-487A is a reference manual with typically one or two pages on most US 
ground communications radios in service at time of publication.  Published 
1950, 1959 and 1964, it evolved from TM 11-487 published 1944.  Beginning in 1950, 
11-487 was revised somewhat and split into separate volumes with Volume A 
being ground radio.  But none of the editions or volumes ever had anything on the 
ATD.

The final manual on ATD is NAVAER 08-5Q-39 dtd 08/43.  Reprint available for 
$24.20 plus shipping.

The only manual I've come across on the REH is a small (thin) unnumbered and 
undated Instruction Book.  Reprint $4.50 plus shipping.  It includes 
schematic, parts list and a resistance and voltage chart (bottom view drawing) but not 
much other detail.

In a message dated 5/30/2007 1:20:10 PM Central Daylight Time, k8jrm at arrl.net 
writes: 
> I need your assistance to locate sources of documentation for two 
> boatanchors that I recently acquired. The first concerns the Navy 
> (Bendix) ATD transmitter vintage 1940.  Fortunately, there is an 
> excellent article in Electric Radio, volume 35, and some general 
> information on the Internet.  However, I have not been able to locate 
> a source for the manual or even a schematic.  I believe that the 
> manual I need is  NAVAER 08-5Q-39; or, possibly, TM 11-487A, 58.  Do 
> you have any recommendations where I can obtain the manual?
> 
> The second item, I that I need assistance with, is an US Navy Radio 
> Receiver, Model REH, CDL-46271.  This is a Morale received built by 
> Belmont Radio Corp. (BRC) toward the end of WWII.  A Google and 
> Dogpile search lists only three postings regarding this 1945 set.  I 
> have e-mailed the posters, but have not received any 
> responses.  Again, I hoping that you can point me in the right direct 
> to find the manual.  BTW: I did check Riders; but, did not discover 
> any similar BRC civilian radios.  The REH, it seems, is unique with 
> its permeability tuning.  Most of BRC' sets were capacitively 
> tuned.  Any information you can provide on obtaining REH 
> documentation will be appreciated.
> 

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