[Milsurplus] Fw: RS-6 manufacturer

[Hue Miller]

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From: "Hue Miller" <kargo_cult@msn.com>
To: <qst@arrl.org>; <k2tqn@arrl.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2003 4:33 PM
Subject: RS-6 manufacturer


> I enjoyed reading the very interesting article on the  RS-6 set  in the August QST "Old Radio"
> pages.
> I'd like to add a couple points. I have an article from Air Classics magazine, "Operation
> Armageddon",
> by R. W. Koch, which describes the mission and training for the SAC use of the RS-6. I don't have
> the
> issue date before me, but it is circa 1983, and the article is available for sale as reprint from
> the magazine.
> I also have an unpublished, possibly draft, article by R.W. Koch on the same subject. Whereas the
> QST
> article quotes Pete McCollum's research, "It is reported that the RS-6 was made by GTE in Waltham,
> MA.",  R.W. Koch's unpublished article says, "Even Motorola, when queried, volunteered very little
> information about their RS-6 radio, except to furnish an instruction booklet, which would lead one
> to
> speculate the RS-6 might have been involved in some clandestine activities outside of the
Strategic
> Air
> Command." Secondly, I suggest that if in fact the RS-6 was used for clandestine, CIA-type
> operations,
> as seems to be the case, the serial numbers cannot be relied upon for any guesstimates of actual
> production. I believe, and have seen other examples, where serial numbers on spy-type gear were
> clearly fabricated, and didn't have any discernable relationship to rational  production numbers.
> Hue Miller KA7LXY
>