[Milsurplus] SCR-183 question

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 bwild@earthlink.net writes:

< Had a chance to use one of there 1 tube radios many years ago.
 It was a modulated oscillator using a type 30 tube.  Many of the
 parts were made in the USA.  The radio worked in the 10 meter
 band.  Not being informed on military equipment at the time I did
 not know what I realy had.  I borrowed it from a local ham who got
 it in the Pacific during WW2.  If I remember correctly it was anout
 2 inches thick and about 5 inches high.  It used a 67.5 volt
 battery for B+ and 1.5 Volts for filaments.  Ran about 2 watts when
 wide open.  Only problem was that it FM'ed badly as the oscillator
 circuit was not very stable.  >>

--Please  don't misunderstand me- i don't mean at all to be critical-
but i have some corrections to the above. I am pretty well versed on
this set, as i have at least 1 complete, and the US's manual on it.
NO parts were built in USA, even if they are marked in english. It
runs from 1.5 and 135 volts, from a handcrank generator or batts.
The FM is not a problem, as long as you work to another super-
regen set. Same story with other superregen / modulated oscillators,
such as the USA's BC-222/ 322, TBY, also the 1930s ham rigs such
as Abbot  TR-4 and such.
So it seems a bit strange to contemplate it being used in a Japanese
fighter plane - but strange things happened, and many Japanese planes
did not even carry a radio.
Hue