[GreenKeys] AN/MRC-32 RATT

[Ken Kinderman]

So that means I am incorrect in implying that the MRC-32 necessarily had to
be sitting on the ground. Clearly, Duncan's photos show it on a truck (a WW2
CCKW?). My manuals also show the GRC-26 on the ground with two widely
separated dipoles.

So Robert, does GRC stand for ground radio comm ( something not quite FRC)
and MRC stand for mobile radio comm?

73,

Ken
W2EWL

On Sun, Apr 3, 2011 at 3:31 PM, <WA5CAB at cs.com> wrote:

> Duncan,
>
> I haven't looked up the details on this one but in general, radios sets of
> AN/GRC or AN/VRC prefixes do not include any specific vehicle.  Most of the
> AN/MRC group up to in the -40's anyway do include a specific vehicle (or in
> some cases a trailer) as an integral part of the system.  SCR-299 would
> have
> been in this category.  SCR-399 and AN/GRC-26(*) were not.  So AN/MRC-32
> has a different component list (and cost) than AN/GRC-26.
>
>
> In a message dated 4/3/2011 1:08:31 PM Central Daylight Time,
> duncanancy at earthlink.net writes:
> > In his description of the AN/GRC-26A, Ken said "Dropped onto the ground,
> > it can be called an MRC-32."
> >
> >   I hadn't heard of the "MRC-32" before, so I Googled it and came up
> > with  a description &pictures at Nick's Navy-Radio site:
> > http://www.navy-radio.com/manuals/mc/mc-radio-07.pdf  It is listed under
> > USMC communications equipment and looks just like an AN/GRC-26A!  I know
> > that there has always been a lot of rivalry between the Army &the
> > Marine Corps, but did they really need different nomenclature for the
> > same equipment??
> >
> > Does anyone know what the difference was between the GRC-26A &the
> MRC-32??
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Duncan
> > K2OEQ
> >
>
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