[GreenKeys] R-808 military receiver with built in TTY converter

[Nick England]

In case someone needs the whole GRC-14 (with MRC-55 manual but no
vehicle or generator)
http://www.ebay.com/itm//161828753222
This is Doug Hensley W5JV in Baton Rouge
He says pick-up only which I can understand because I helped him move
that (depleted-uranium?) power supply...
Cheers
Nick England K4NYW
www.navy-radio.com


On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 12:49 PM,  <WA5CAB at cs.com> wrote:
> AN/GRC-14 was a USN/USMC competitor to AN/GRC-19 or more correctly to
> AN/VRC-29 and AN/GRC-46.  Similar generic specs.  Differences are that FSK
> capability was built into the transmitter and receivers. there were two
> receivers in the sets. and they weigh far more.  AFAIK, the only manual
> done was the 2" thick (in two volumes) NAVSHIPS 92911(A) on the AN/MRC-55
> (AN/GRC-14 plus M38A1 with built-in auxiliary generator).
>
> The R-808 receivers are electrically and functionally similar to the R-392
> (no HV) except that the FSK converters are built in.  They are a little
> heavier but not too heavy for one person to move around.  They are reported
> to work about as well as the R-392 but have analog dials.  The receiver is a
> hybrid (mix of tubes and transistors).  The first 115 sets (according to the
> manual - as there are two receivers per radio set it should have been the
> first 114 or 116???) had audio discriminator type FSK converters.  The
> balance had IF converters.
>
> Due probably to the weight, very few complete AN/GRC-14 and AFAIK no
> AN/MRC-55 sets have survived.  But a fair number of receivers have.  About a
> dozen years ago, I extracted all of the R-808 information from the AN/MRC-55
> manuals and called the resulting manual NAVSHIPS 92911(A) (R-808).
> Reprints available for $30.60 plus shipping.  Heavy covers, 196 pages, 14
> foldouts, screwpost bound.
>
> Robert Downs - Houston
> wa5cab dot com (Web Store)
> MVPA 9480
>
> In a message dated 10/08/2015 09:57:31 AM Central Daylight Time,
> zarco at sonic.net writes:
>
> Picked up one of these recently and have not been able to find out much.
>
>
> Has anyone used one? From the same era as the R-392. 2 to 32 MC.
> Google for pics.
>                        Steve W6SSP
>
>
>
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