[Milsurplus] RE:Complete GRC-109

Sat, 6 Mar 2004 18:27:20 EST

Mike & Group,

In a message dated 3/6/2004 4:44:25 PM Central Standard Time, 
[email protected] writes: 
> I wonder if anything really officially was intended to replace the 
> AN/GRC-109.  The closest thing I can think of would be the VN-era AN/TRC-77, and 
> maybe its rather rare SSB descendent, the AN/TRC-88.  There have been reports of 
> a fair amount of ARVN use of the AN/TRC-77.  It's amazing that new 
> AN/GRC-109A sets were being made in 1969 (contract date), and maybe later.
> 

I forgot about the AN/TRC-77.  That probably makes more sense.  Incidentally, 
I always thought AN/TRC was an example of where the AN/ nomenclature system 
was less informative than usual.  Most AN/TRC sets were single or multi-channel 
VHF, UHF, etc. radio relay sets.  And then you have AN/TRC-2 and AN/TRC-77 
that aren't.

> >Not the AN/PRC-47. That replaced the AN/GRC-9 
> 
> I always thought the AN/PRC-47 was pretty much a USMC/USN item, while the 
> AN/GRC-109 and AN/GRC-9 were principally US Army sets.

No, I don't think so.  Although my keeper AN/PRC-47 did come out of Barstow 
eons ago (courtesy of Dave R.), the better (and later) manual set is the TM 11. 
 I've had some RT-671/PRC-47's through here that were apparently Army.  And I 
have or had at least one RT-77/GRC-9 plus one of its predecessor BC-1306's 
that also came out of Barstow.

I don't have any order info recorded for easy look-up so its possible that 
USMC may have place the original orders for the PRC-47.  Certainly the early 
manuals are theirs.

73
Robert Downs - Houston
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