[Milsurplus] Pounds per Watt

[Bob Camp]

Hi

The original Dutch HF sideband point to point gear made the Western 
Electric stuff look like a portable radio. The pictures I have seen 
make it look like a radio in a *large* room affair. I'm not sure that a 
rack count was as good a measure as a "rows of racks" count. State of 
the art in the late 1920's though. Lots of tubes just to talk from 
Holland to Java ....

	Take Care!

		Bob Camp
		KB8TQ


On Jul 31, 2004, at 9:39 AM, Cletus W Whitaker wrote:

> de WB2CPN                    2004.07.31
>
> Commercial point-to-point receivers that were
> used by the military got pretty big.  Western
> Electric's first sideband receiver took up five
> racks.  The LD-R1 receiver only used one rack.
> The AN/FRR-3 took a full rack.  The Navy RPB-2
> took a few racks, and it was the only receiver
> that was so tall that there was a little step
> to stand on in order to tune the first few
> stages, and to move the antenna connectors around.
>
> 73  Clete
>
>
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