[Milsurplus] SCR-522 ? Addendum

Wed, 19 Nov 2003 08:32:00 -0600

Meir:  I know that the BC639/BC640 were designed by an American who tried to sell the idea of
VHF to the US Army but was refused so he went to the UK where the idea sold.  Is the SCR-522
also an American design which we did not want and thus sold to the Brits?

Bob,AF2HD

At 09:18 AM 11/19/2003 -0500, WF2U wrote:

>P.S. to my previous message: The SCR-522 was indeed a British design
>originally, but it was manufactured solely in the US. There were no SCR-522
>units manufactured in England.  The Russians, post WW2 copied the design and
>modified it somewhat, and instead of one case to contain both, they
>installed  the transmitter and receiver sections into 2 separate cases.
>
>73, Meir WF2U
>Landrum, SC
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: [email protected]
>[mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of WF2U
>Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 8:29 AM
>To: William Hooper; [email protected]
>Subject: RE: [Milsurplus] SCR-522 ?
>
>Your SCR-522 has a British "Air Ministry" tag on it with the "Crown
>Property" insignia in the middle.  All WW2 Royal Air Force equipment is
>marked with the AM tags, just as the British Navy stuff had "Admiralty"
>tags. Equipment which was used both by the US and Britain had dual military
>tags. The TR5043 is the British military designation for the SCR-522.
>
>73, Meir WF2U
>
>Collector of US, and British/Allied military radios
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: [email protected]
>[mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of William Hooper
>Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 3:17 AM
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: [Milsurplus] SCR-522 ?
>
>Hi,
>
>Just acquired two units that look like the SCR-522 that I used years ago for
>2-meter MARS.  But the
>nameplates have me confused - they say:
>
>SIGNAL CORPS U.S. ARMY
>T/R UNIT TYPE TR 5043
>
>The name plate has a small crown (?) at the top with "A" on the left and "M"
>on the right side of
>the crown.
>
>Can someone tell me what we have here?
>
>TIA
>
>            Bill and Arlene Hooper
>
>            [email protected]
>
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>
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>
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