[Boatanchors] OS-8

Fri Apr 1 23:34:30 EDT 2011

Huntron is definitely still around. I retired from FAA Logistic
Center radio shop at end of August and we received our late model
Huntron 2000s about a year earlier. I bought my own on eBay about
a year ago.

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* 73 - Mac, K2GKK/5 *
* (Since 30 Nov 53) *
* Oklahoma City, OK *
* USAF, Ret (61-81) *
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> To: frederic.clarke at navy.mil; boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
> From: jcoward5452 at aol.com
> Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2011 20:17:13 -0400
> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] OS-8
> 
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> We built those in tech school with a 6.3 v transformer. Great for trouble shooting solid state devices. A company named Huntron developed that technique into an instrument with display called the Huntron "Tracker". Don't know it there still around though.
> Jay KE6PPF
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Clarke, Tom AIR4.0P NATOPS <frederic.clarke at navy.mil>
> To: boatanchors <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Mon, Mar 28, 2011 2:12 pm
> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] OS-8
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> I bet you had an "octopus" nearby too!
> 73 Tom/W4OKW
> -----Original Message-----
> rom: Dick KF4NS [mailto:kf4nsradio at verizon.net] 
> ent: Sunday, March 27, 2011 5:58 PM
> o: boatanchors at mailman.qth.net; navy.radio at gmail.com
> ubject: Re: [Boatanchors] Boatanchors Digest, Vol 86, Issue 58
> Boy, does that bring back memories. I used both of the OS-8s. First on
> he destroyer in the 50's. Then on the radar picket ship in the early
> 0's where it was used with the R-390's in combo with the URC-32
> ransmitter. We tuned the receiver for a lissajous pattern on the scope
> hich confirmed that we were locked in to the data signals on LSB while
> e transmitted voice to the USAF NORAD station at OTIS AFB for any
> ecessary tuning needed or to get a ROGER on the sent data.
> Those were enjoyable times in Navy.
> 73, Dick KF4NS
> t Petersburg, FL 33714 USA
> eep The Glow!
> 
> ----Original Message-----
> rom: Clarke, Tom AIR4.0P NATOPS 
> ent: Monday, March 28, 2011 5:11 PM
> o: boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
> ubject: RE: [Boatanchors] OS-8
> I bet you had an "octopus" nearby too!
> 73 Tom/W4OKW
> -----Original Message-----
> rom: Dick KF4NS [mailto:kf4nsradio at verizon.net]
> ent: Sunday, March 27, 2011 5:58 PM
> o: boatanchors at mailman.qth.net; navy.radio at gmail.com
> ubject: Re: [Boatanchors] Boatanchors Digest, Vol 86, Issue 58
> Boy, does that bring back memories. I used both of the OS-8s. First on
> he destroyer in the 50's. Then on the radar picket ship in the early
> 0's where it was used with the R-390's in combo with the URC-32
> ransmitter. We tuned the receiver for a lissajous pattern on the scope
> hich confirmed that we were locked in to the data signals on LSB while
> e transmitted voice to the USAF NORAD station at OTIS AFB for any
> ecessary tuning needed or to get a ROGER on the sent data.
> Those were enjoyable times in Navy.
> 73, Dick KF4NS
> t Petersburg, FL 33714 USA
> eep The Glow!
> ----- Original Message -----
> rom: <boatanchors-request at mailman.qth.net>
> o: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
> ent: Sunday, March 27, 2011 12:01 PM
> ubject: Boatanchors Digest, Vol 86, Issue 58
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> SNIP>:
> Message: 3
> Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2011 10:16:43 -0400
> From: Nick England <navy.radio at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Navy Gray
> To: kt4ae at bellsouth.net, Boatanchors-qth <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
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> Navy electronics changed gray shades around 1950.
> The original OS-8/U
> http://www.navy-radio.com/test/os8b-u-94.jpg
> is much darker than the later OS-8C/U
> http://www.navy-radio.com/test/os8c-u-01.JPG
> 
> I like Rust-Oleum Light Machine Gray for the lighter 50's-60's Navy
> adio gear
> In this photo,
> http://www.navy-radio.com/misc/shack/shack-pan27.JPG
> the bottom TTY unit was painted with Light Machine Gray - the other
> TTY units are original Navy colors.
> 
> Rust-Oleum Smoke Gray works well for the late 40's darker gray color.
> In this photo
> http://www.navy-radio.com/misc/shack/shack-122.JPG
> I painted the racks with Smoke Gray and the equipment is original
> (some of it yet-to-be-cleaned nicotine brown)
> 
> Neither is a perfect match and a lot depends on the lighting, but
> these seem to be pretty close.
> 
> cheers,
> Nick K4NYW
> www.navy-radio.com
> 
> SNIP> 
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