[Hallicrafters] Radio Trivia

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Where can I find Violet now a days?






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From: Wilson Curtis
Sent: ‎Saturday‎, ‎September‎ ‎27‎, ‎2014 ‎1‎:‎42‎ ‎PM
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To the List:
Getting to the age where one feels compelled to  pass along any info others might find interesting.
1) A mnemonic re the standard color code of the electronics industry:  Bad - Black (0), Boys - Brown (1), Rape - Red (2),  Our - Orange (3), Young - Yellow  (4), Girls - Green  (5),  But - Blue (6) Violet- Violet  (7), Goes - Gray (8), Willingly - White (9).
Not politically correct but this came from and earlier and simpler time.
2) The old US Army electronics coding:
     Some 40 years ago, in  a magazine that has been long since ceased publication, a reader sent in a chart of the various codes. The ones I remember go as follows:
a) The BC designation as in the BC- 348 receiver. The BC stands for Basic Component.
b) The SCR designation as in SCR-299 transmitter. S = Section, C = Combat & R = Radio.
c)  The later PRC series as in the PRC - 10, 25 & 75 goes P= Personnel, R = Radio and C = Combat.
d) I think the ART - 13 transmitter is A = Airborne (aircraft), R = Radio, & T = transmitter.
It has been common to hear people referring to an SCR unit as Signal Corps Radio. Would it were so, but who has ever seen the military make things simple or easy.
3) The system used by the US Navy, the three letter designation as in RDO,  has no rhyme nor reason as far as I could see.
Hope some find this useful.
Reg Curtis - VE9RWC/KB1WCP