[Milsurplus] Re: RS-6

Mon, 1 Sep 2003 15:15:41 EDT

Hue & Group,

I have both the RS-6 and RS-6A manuals, and no where in them is there any 
information about contractor, printer, etc.  Not even a print date, except that 
there is a 10-page addenda to the RS-6 manual that is dated 15 May 1953.

In a message dated 9/1/2003 1:58:46 PM Central Daylight Time, 
[email protected] writes: 
> I don't recall when the program was ended. I do recall an article
> in CQ about some ham on a sailboat Pacific Ocean cruise, who
> had the RS-6 transmitter, this was about 1957, if i recall correctly,
> so the sets were already leaking out by then.
> I also have an unpublished, earlier article (or text for a talk) by
> R W Koch, that states the manufacturer was Motorola.
> We still have to actually find someone who can say, yes, i 
> repaired RS-6's, i was at the factory and built RS-6's, i loaded
> RS-6's onto B-47's.  How swiftly even recent history can become
> a mystery.

Robert Downs - Houston
<http://www.wa5cab.com>
<[email protected]>

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