[Milsurplus] T-217/grc

Fri, 5 Sep 2003 10:31:00 -0700

any of these items mentioned in this
posting below we  would buy...

I have a fond?  spot in my heart for all of this equip. as that is what I
worked on at Luke AFB.

portable?  nope!!  the modulator powersupply  would anchor a ship!

Thanks!

Ed Sharpe Archivist for SMECC

See the Southwest Museum of Engineering, Communications and Computation
online at:
http://www.smecc.org
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Donald T. Findlay" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 7:05 PM
Subject: [Milsurplus] T-217/grc

> I may as well jump in here with my nickles worth.
> FYI someone stated earlier a remark about the
> GRC-27 set being somewhat portable. I nominate
> that staement as BS of the week. By the time you
> stuffed that MT-686 rack with the power
> distribution ducting and cable, then the
> R-278/T-217/MD-129 sets, you were all done for
> the afternoon,,, except for bolting that monster
> to the deck,,, as it became very top heavy.AS to
> places I know where they were used,,, Every SAGE
> and AC&W Radar site had two systems usually
> reserved for maint backup while one or two of the
> single channel sets (GRT-3 and GRR-7) were down
> for maint. There was even one on Mona Island at
> the runway on west end of the isla. (there wasn't
> any juice on that end of the island, so I don't
> know how the AF lit it up) Mona is about halfway
> between Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic,
> smack dab in the middle of the Mona Passage. AF
> had a bombing range on an adjacent island for the
> B-36's and B-52's from Ramey AFB on the NW corner
> of P.Rico. BTW, I just recently bought a CHERRY
> R-278B,,, still smells good inside,, all there
> including the allen wrenches. I do need a power
> input connector for it'tho...(97-3108B  18-22S
> insert) (Two pin stuff) But better yet would be
> to convert the power in to a three wire
> connection, then I'd need a 97-3102A (18-5P)
> panel mount w/male insert  or just the insert
> alone , as I could leave the old shell in
> place,,just pop the ring, and the mating straight
> connector, 97-3108B with an 18-5S insert.Any luck ????
>
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