[Boatanchors] USS Midway notes

[Todd, KA1KAQ]

On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 3:17 PM, LARRY D GODEK <telegrapher at q.com> wrote:
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>  One of the ones i noticed early on was either an HQ-120 or 129 that had tags on it identifying it as an RBG-2 or component thereof.  Front of it looked pretty good and it was in a cabinet so i didn't go any further.  I do have pictures of it though if anyone wants to see how it's tagged.

That was the Navy version of the HQ-120, Larry. Two big tags as I
recall, straddling the band knob or just below?

> Something i saw on a shelf in one of the radio storage/work compartments was an Abbot TR-4 setting up on the shelf.  Wonder how that got there.

Perhaps part of an old club station or something related to CD?
Definitely sounds out of place.

> Even though the weather was less than enjoyable Saturday, being on the ship and seeing what they had to play with was lots of fun.  There were a variety of 1051 type receivers laying around as well.  The main receiver communication room had columns of them stilll in the rack but i've heard that they had been "de-mil'd" which meant cutting of wiring and other nasty things.

They do make great door stops. (o:

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> Can anyone tell me what speed the 28's ran at.  Were there different speeds depending on whether they were running on an internal shipboard circuit or external to the ship.  I'd think maybe 100WPM would have been a standard but i don't know.

I think 60 was standard, though there were gear shift kits to allow
100 wpm and one other speed perhaps?  No idea on the termination
point(s).

~ Todd,  KA1KAQ/4