[Milsurplus] ID'ing a handset & headphones

[WA5CAB@cs.com]

Barry,

The T-17 (various suffix letters including none) was the standard Army carbon 
hand microphone from well before WW-II until into the 50's.  Used with most 
of the ground sets except for those with built in mics like the BC-611 or 
handsets like the BC-1000 and aircraft sets in aircraft not equipped with 
oxygen systems.

The ANB-H-1 was the standard low Z receiver after the conversion from hi Z to 
low Z circa '42-'43.  The cord shown in your photo looks familiar but I can't 
place it.  Probably used in a canvas skull-cap, but it is not the one used 
with the RBZ, MAB, etc, which had a flat 2-snap contact plug instead of the 
PL-54.  It should have molded into it somewhere the letter "C" followed by 
one or two letters (id's the contractor) followed by "-49" and three more 
digits.  Navy, anyway.


> are these a matched pair?  what were they used w/?  are they complete?
> microphone: signal corps marked, "Microphone T-17-B
>                                   |375| - PHILA - 43"
> also marked: SHURE SW-109; there is a tag on the cord itself, but it is
> difficult to read: contains "Signal Corps", "Shure Brothers", "USA", &
> some other i can't make out.
> headset: backside of each earpiece is marked: "U.S. Navy
>                                                ANB-H-1A
>                                                  C.T.E."
> 
> both cords fairly supple; a cleaning w/ windex helped the looks somewhat
> (AFTER the pix were taken, of course!).
> BC-375 mic?
> 

73
Robert Downs
Houston
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