[Milsurplus] Curiousity... (AN/SRR-11/12/13)

[Joe Foley]

Didn't ANYONE use a T-368?

Even for a doorstop?

Joe




--- Mike <mmorrow@companet.net> wrote:
> Robert W. Downs wrote:
> 
> > I joined the Naval Reserve in 1964.  The only
> places that I ever saw
> > them ... were in Reserve Centers ... which tended
> to lag 5 to 8 years
> > behind what was in the fleet.
> 
> I was on the aircraft carrier Intrepid in 1971, and
> IIRC there were
> R-390 and R-1051 sets on board.  I spent 1975 to
> 1979 on a ballistic
> missile submarine, during which time the HF
> receivers were all R-1051s. 
> We also had T-827s and AM-3007s, but no RT-618s.  We
> also had some
> special purpose HF gear.  Submarine use of HF was
> extraordinarily rare. 
> Submarines also didn't monitor 500 kHz routinely,
> even when surfaced.
> 
> I was issued an AN/SRR-13A through Navy MARS in 1969
> that was 100
> percent functional and that had all the latest
> official mods.  It had
> been built in 1961, so the USN was releasing a
> relatively new radio to
> the MARS system as that series of receivers were
> being flushed out of
> active service.  The (old) 8th Naval District MARS
> organization had a
> lot of SRR-13, -13A, and FRR-23 sets for issue in
> the late 1960s, plus a
> bunch of parts-cannibalization units which were
> really helpful.
> 
> The Navy MARS system had a policy of retaining
> ownership of most of the
> equipment issued to members back then.  If a member
> left USN MARS,
> issued  equipment turn-in was usually required.  I
> didn't receive a
> notice of dropped accountability on my SRR-13A until
> the mid-1970s. 
> Until then, since my receiver was still government
> property, I had
> arranged a re-supply of tubes from a nearby USAF
> base as needed.
> 
> My SRR-13A was the best HF general coverage receiver
> that I owned until
> I bought a TS-430 20 years ago.  It took the place
> of an R-105/ARR-15
> that MARS had issued me earlier.  I carried the
> SRR-13A from duty
> station to duty station for more than five years. 
> It's in storage now.
> 
> Mike / KK5F
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