[Milsurplus] RS-6

[Smith]

Reference: RS-6

I too have enjoyed  the stories of the RS-6 being deployed as a  "Call Home"
radio with B-47 aircrews but I agree with Mr. Downs on his analysis  of the set
and
his quote that he felt that:
"the feel of a set intended to be used over and over under
various contingencies, using several different power sources"

Having been an aircrew member  for many years while I
was in the U.S. Air Force, I seriously doubt that the RS-6 was designed and
issued for aircrew use. The main reason is that the radio is cumbersome and hard
to operate and is a CW only device. It would take a very experienced  and highly
trained radio operator to use this equipment and to make  a two way contact.
One of the biggest problems that I have found  with the RS-6 is that it has no
crystal or transmit spotting capability so that you could find  your signal on
the receiver . . .  There was no capability of calibrating the receiver or
being exactly on the transmit frequency.   To this end I have modified my unit
for transmit
spotting and also I have developed another obscure technique  that all most lets
you zero beat your signa without any modification. Anyone interested in that
technique please contact me off list.

By the way I had an operating RS-6 on
display at  the MRCA held at Gilbert PA last year. See my web page at the URL
below.
  73 Breck

Dover Delaware(we survived the storm with minor damage, but lost power and had
to run the generator)

http://solo11.abac.com/zorroab1/MRCA%202002%20page%202.htm