[Milsurplus] TRC-7 Transceiver?

[Christian Fandt]

At 23:06 01-05-02 -0500, you wrote:

> >I've got the RT-53B receiver portion of the TRC-7 in my collection.
> >Evidently, it's not a single unit system (RX/TX combo). It seems your query
> >implies it may be a single unit (such as the RT-66, et al) by your use of
> >the word "transceiver".
>
>Chris, not to make to fine a point of it, but "RT" stands for Receiver
>Transmitter.  If you have the whole RT-53B, you have a transceiver.  I have

No Steve, its not just a fine point, its a BIG point!

I have to learn to not respond to any email messages when I'm tired and 
it's just a few minutes before my bedtime. Indeed the thing is an R/T even 
though I went downstairs to the mil collection that evening and stared 
right at it (albeit through eyes that were getting attacked by the ol' 
Sandman).

Being that it's presently during a daytime period when I'm usually somewhat 
cognizant of my surroundings and can somewhat comprehend plain English 
without help from you folks :-), I pulled the unit off the shelf to answer 
a question that Al Tasker privately asked. To wit: "I am not sure we are 
talking the same radio. 100-156 MHz AM?" His question was probably prompted 
by my mistake that Steve caught.

Yes, upon examination of the unit, it is indeed 100-156 AM. Two preset 
channels, runs off batteries or a generator as you state below Steve, made 
by Espey Mfg. Co. under contract #AF.33(038)-25596.

I'm very sorry for the confusion. Jeez that was dumb.

Regards,

Chris

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>a book that includes the RT-53, so I dont have anything specific on the A
>or B version.  The RT-53 sat on a BA-70 battery, which was almost as big as
>the RT.  It could also be powered by a G-3 handcrank generator.  The
>antenna was a biconical that far outlived the radio and may be still be in
>use in some transportable tower sets.  The antenna mast was modified to
>become the RC-292 mast set, again still in some use but now considerd
>obsolete by the Army.  The manual I have is dated 1958 but makes referances
>to early 1945 dates for the set.  The set may have seen action in WW2.  Thanks
>Steve Haney
>Haney Electronic Company
>8012 County Road 1009
>Godley TX 76044-3688
>817-309-2220
>817-309-2227 FAX

Christian Fandt,         Electronic/Electrical Historian
Jamestown, NY  USA      cfandt@netsync.net
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