[Milsurplus] Interservice 2-ways

[Marty R's GI-stuff haunt]

So Bob on your LST325 quest, & Rich on ur SCR624 shock-mount

Especially Rich.

I'm no shock-maount help.

But your sub already had 'Navy VHF,' aka 140-144 ARC-4.  Suspect ur
110VAC SCR522 100-156 VHF set (SCR-624) was 1945 afterthot so to monitor 
the o'head AAF bummers.

Bob.  I talked to a man (W5TF? faulty memory) fm Memphis @ Shelby ham-
fest years back.  Had Jeep-mount BC659 & PE110 in truck.  This 27-38
"artillery band" 2W FM attracted him.  He told me he was on a fleet tug
in WW2.  One w. 3 "Burlington Zephyr" diesels.  It had a BC659 on
stern they used post-invasion to talk w. beached LSTs, etc.  His
mission was to pull 'em off & get 'em fixed in a floating drydock - 
something you never hear.

He described calling CQ on 10M fm the Sulu Sea in the Solomons & working a
man in the Phillipines in early '45.  About a 1500 mi E-skip path.

He also sed that Fleet tug weas the loudest machine in the services.  Sed
@ sea once for 2 weeks towing one of those drydocks @ 3kts w. three
other tugs.  Only stopped once for re-fuel fm an oiler.  But he sed
in spite of OSHA absence, hearing'd come back in 5 min.s.  & it was
during that oiler rendesvous he had the QSO

So I just bet there's scads of Army / Navy / AAF (JAN) stories like
this which dictated "unscheduled 2-way installs."  These 2 examples
here are the probable tip of the iceberg

   Marty